Michael Morpurgo
The author of over 100 books, Michael Morpurgo is perhaps most famous for his novels for young adults, War Horse (1982) and Private Peaceful (2003). These narratives reflect on the events of World War I, but they are not meant to be read as standard or traditional histories. War Horse, for instance, is told in the first person from the perspective of a farm horse (then cavalry horse, then ambulance horse) named Joey. Already distinctive in its use of perspective, this book further raised...
