Rollercoasters are popular with boys, girls and mixed-ability classes. Evoking a mesmerising picture of the Jacobite Rebellion, orphaned Robbie flees from his heartless uncle to join Bonnie Prince Charlie's uprising against the English. On the run from the redcoats, Robbie meets Charlie,
possibly the last wild wolf cub left in Scotland, and the pair form an extraordinary bond. An appealing educational edition of Morpurgo's mesmerising novel.
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A spellbinding tale of bravery and loyalty.
Robbie McLeod is on the run from the English Redcoats in the Scottish highlands. On his furtive travels he finds a wolf cub, near a sign proclaiming the killing of the last wolf in Scotland. Identifying at once with the abandoned orphan, Robbie adopts the cub and a unique loyalty grows between them. Eventually Robbie flees his homeland and seeks his fortune in the New World. Has the time come for wolf to find a newer, freer home too?
This is a gem of a story sweeping the reader from the present day to the eighteenth-century and across the Atlantic.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
About the Author:
Michael Morpurgo is a well-respected OUP author.
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