War Horse

War Horse - Audio by Michael Morpurgo

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is a historical fiction book intended for fifth grade to eighth graders. Those with a special love for horses will not be disappointed with this book. I also believe young boys will enjoy the battle scences. The book is set during WWI in France. Joey is bought at a market by a miserable man but his son Albert takes over the care of the horse with a stubborn attitude. When the war starts, the family must sell Joey to the war effort. Albert vows to find Joey one day. Joey finds himself working pulling an ambulance for the British army alongside his new horse friend, Topthorne, and then as an artillary cart horse. He is captured by the German army but his stubborn attitude pushes him to trot away from the troops to get to the quiet.

The book is told from the point of view of the horse and did have some parts that were difficult to hold my attention. The narrator did a fine job of using authentic dialogue with British accent as well as German dialect.



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