Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of the UK's best-loved authors for children and young people. He was the third UK Children's Laureate and he has won the Children's Book Award the Nestle Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. There have been many stage and screen adaptations of his books including a major film and award-winning stage play based on War Horse. Michael also set up the charity Farms for City Children with his wife Clare.
<p>Michael never knew his father an RAF pilot lost in the war. And his French mother heartbroken and passionate doesn’t like to talk about her husband. But then Auntie Snowdrop gives Michael a medal followed by a photograph which begin to reveal a hidden history.</p><p>A story of love and loss. A story that will change everything – and reveal to Michael who he really is . . .</p>
