- Hardcover
- Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd (June 1987)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0718239822
- ISBN-13: 978-0718239824
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From Publishers Weekly
With the help of an eccentric ally, best friends Daniel and Gracie lift an island curse while saving a group of beached whales. Ages 8-12.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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'You keep away from the Birdman,' warned Gracie's father. 'Keep well clear of him, you hear me now?' But Gracie and her friend Daniel discover the Birdman isn't mad or dangerous as everyone says. Yet he does warn them to stay away from the abandoned Samson Island - he says it's cursed. And when the children are stranded on Samson by fog, Gracie returns to hear tragic news. Could the Birdman be right? The curse that struck Samson is about to strike again on Bryher, and the inhabitants seem only to be welcoming it with their greed and hatred. Together Birdman and the children stop them killing the narhwals, and turn the whales back out to sea. We know the curse is truly lifted when Gracie's father, who had been missing presumed dead after a battle, returns to the village
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4.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Only the good die young; only the best books go out of print, May 8 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Why the Whales Came (Hardcover)
This was the first serious chapter book I read to my six-year-old and it has completely sold her on books. Think of a book from your childhood that made you cry: Black Beauty? To Kill a Mockingbird? Why the Whales Came will be on your child's list one day. Thank you Michael Murpurgo, where ever you are.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant read on the scillies, Dec 7 1998
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Why the Whales Came (Hardcover)
This book gives you the wonder of the Isles of Scilly mixed in with a wonderful story, about children living on Bryher during the war, and shows the reader a different kind of life. Excellently written and a real joy.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Michael Morpurgo's 'Why the Whales Came', Jan 16 2000
By Rose Fitzgerald - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Why the Whales Came (Hardcover)
I really enjoyed the first part of the book, as it was really interesting. I think that the author Michael Morpurgo was really clever using something that he knows about. He also wrote `The Wreck of the Zanzibar' and both stories are very alike in some ways. They are set in the same sort of time, and are both set around the Scilly Isles. I like this story so far because it is very realistic. I think that this could actually happen although it is a bit of a fantasy. I enjoyed the first part of the book as it is a different literature than I usually read, that is interesting.At the start of the book Daniel and Gracie were sailing boats near the Isles of Scilly. When they couldn't find anywhere to sail their boats they went to the Birdman's territory. They lost one of their boats and the Birdman found it. The Birdman wrote messages in the sand to Daniel and Gracie and they gradually began to find out about him. The Birdman had had many bad stories told about him and everyone was terrified of him. Daniel and Gracie found the better side of him. This shows how many people judge other people by what they hear about them.
I think that the Birdman was actually very kind inside.
Daniel is very ambitious and likes to do things in a rush. Gracie is a bit shy and tries to stop Daniel in his frantic rush.
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