Kensuke's Kingdom
by Michael Morpurgo
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Michael's parents buy a yacht, and take him off to sail round the world. Washed overboard in a fierce storm, Michael finds himself on the shore of a remote island - and soon discovers he's not alone. Kensuke, a former Japanese soldier, survived the war and the bombing of Hiroshima, but his family perished. As an extraordinary bond forms between the two, Kensuke faces a heart-breaking choice: can he give up the secluded life he's built for himself to help reunite Michael with his parents?
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Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Japanese, Islands, Castaways, Survival, Shipwrecks, Adventure stories, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Children's fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Voyages and travels, fiction, Child and youth fiction, Uharteak, -Eleberriak, -Haur eta gazteentzako liburuak, Islas, -Novelas, -Libros infantiles y juveniles, Itsasoko bidaiak, Viajes por mar, Habiletés de survie, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Îles, Amitié, Enfants et adultes, Survie en milieu sauvage, Japonais, Roman pour la jeunesse, Robinsonnades, Voyages en mer, Survie après accidents d'avion, naufrages, Romans, English literature, Juvenile drama, Children's plays, English, Islands, fiction, Survival, fiction, Dogs, fiction, England, fiction, Shipwreck survivalShowing 10 featured editions. View all 41 editions?
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Kensuke's Kingdom
2010, Egmont UK Limited, Egmont Books Ltd
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Le royaume de Kensuké
2007, Gallimard jeunesse
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Kensuke's Kingdom
November 29, 2007, Nick Hern Books, Nick Hern
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Kensukes Königreich. Inselabenteuer im Korallenmeer.
January 1, 2000, Dressler Verlag
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Michael's parents buy a yacht, and take him off to sail round the world. Washed overboard in a fierce storm, Michael finds himself on the shore of a remote island - and soon discovers he's not alone. Kensuke, a former Japanese soldier, survived the war and the bombing of Hiroshima, but his family perished. As an extraordinary bond forms between the two, Kensuke faces a heart-breaking choice: can he give up the secluded life he's built for himself to help reunite Michael with his parents? Knowing the pain of losing his own family, Kensuke knows which way he has to decide.
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