Michael Morpurgo is one of the most successful children's authors in the country, loved by children, teachers and parents alike. He has written more than forty books for children, including the global hit War Horse, which was made into a Hollywood film by Steven Spielberg in 2011. He has 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. He received an OBE in December 2006 for his services to literature.
<p>A gripping ghost story from Britain’s best-loved children's storyteller, full of</p><p>friendship, adventure and a pirate queen.</p><p>'You’re not . . . you’re not Grania O’Malley, are you?'</p><p>'Who else would I be?' she said.</p><p>Everyone knows the Big Hill is full of gold, and now the islanders are intent on cutting the top off it and</p><p>making themselves rich. Jessie and Jake are determined to save the Big Hill but what can they do? A</p><p>plan is needed, and fast.</p><p>Could the ghost of Grania O'Malley, the pirate queen, be the answer? You don't know what you can</p><p>do until you try.</p><p>Michael Morpurgo has written more than one hundred books for children and won the Whitbread</p><p>Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children’s Book Award and has been</p><p>shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal four times.</p>
