Higher Ground

Higher Ground

by Michael Morpurgo (Foreword), Anuj Goyal (Editor), Michael Morpurgo (Foreword), Michael Morpurgo (Foreword)

Synopsis

Incredibly powerful stories about children's experiences of the Boxing Day 2004 tsunami. Features stories by many of today's best-known authors. Donations from book sales will go to charities active in child welfare. Massive marketing and publicity campaign. A powerful anthology of 18 stories focusing on the experiences of children from all regions affected by the tsunami of Boxing Day 2004. Each child's story, retold by a different well-known children's author, is followed by a short update of the child's progress by the aid-worker who gathered details of story. The book is positive, inspirational, and forward-looking. It tells incredible stories of bravery and survival and looks at how the global aid effort has affected the children involved. An introduction explains what happened in in December 2004 and a map shows the areas affected. The global aid effort is also described, explaining to readers how their charity donations have helped. The charity organizations involved (Unicef, Save the Children and others) have provided the photographs that illustrate book. The cover illustration is by Michael Foreman.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Chrysalis Children's Books
Published: 06 Oct 2005

ISBN 10: 1844585816
ISBN 13: 9781844585816

Author Bio
Featuring many of today's best-known authors: Michael Morpurgo (introduction), Eoin Colfer, Gillian Cross, Melvin Burgess, Alan Gibbons, G P Taylor, Michael Foreman, Malachy Doyle, Tim Bowler, Cliff McNish, Neil Arksey, John Fardell, Judy Allan, Narinder Dhami, Stephanie Baudet, Bernard Ashley, Nick Gifford, Elizabeth Arnold and Steve Volk. Most of the authors featured will be available for publicity appearances and interviews.