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Half a Man

By Michael Morpurgo
Illustrators Illustrated by Gemma O’Callaghan Edition

Hardcover edition

Publisher Candlewick Imprint Candlewick ISBN

9780763677473

Awards and Honors 2016 USBBY Outstanding International Book List, Grades 6–8
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of 2016, Historical Fiction

Half a Man

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Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Reference or Discussion,Violence: War/Harsh Realities of War

As a young boy, Michael is told not to stare at his grandfather, disfigured in World War II. When Michael spends summers with him in the Scilly Isles, he gets to know the man behind the scars. Full-color illustrations were done in ink using a screen printing technique.
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