{"product_id":"war-horse-9780008640712b","title":"War Horse","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBefore the Steven Spielberg film, before the National Theatre production, there was the classic children’s novel – \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWar Horse\u003c\/span\u003e. From the nation’s favourite storyteller, Michael Morpurgo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Bombarded by artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his back, Joey tells a powerful story of the truest friendships surviving in terrible times. One horse has seen the best and the worst of humanity. The power of war and the beauty of peace. This is his story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWar Horse\u003c\/span\u003e was adapted by Steven Spielberg as a major motion picture with Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, and Benedict Cumberbatch. The National Theatre production opened in 2007 and has enjoyed successful runs in the West End and on Broadway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA great way of introducing young readers to the realities of WWI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWar Horse\u003c\/span\u003e is a story of universal suffering for a universal audience by a writer who ‘has the happy knack of speaking to both child and adult readers’ (\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Morpurgo has written more than one hundred books for children and won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children’s Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times.","brand":"Farshore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42821378474064,"sku":"9780008640712B","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780008640712-l.jpg?v=1785883452","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/war-horse-9780008640712b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}