Michael Morpurgo

Stories for everyone

Escape from Shangri-La

Age: 10+

Published: September 2006

ISBN: 9781405226707

Format: Paperback

Cessie’s grandfather has come out of nowhere, out of the blue and nothing and no one will ever be the same again.  Cessie is determined to help Popsicle to remember his past.  But how can she help when he only remembers in glimpses?  A tin of condensed milk, a lifeboat, a woman named Lucie Alice, and a devastating night on the beaches of Dunkirk during World War II…

Awards:

Nominated Carnegie Medal

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master reader says:

This book is amazing/funny/heartbreaking, but in the end it was AMAZING

frecklina says:

I love this book, it was so inspiring I was crying throughout it I would give it 5 stars it was packed with details it must of taken ages to write.

MorpurgoFanNo.#1 says:

I have only read the first few chapters and I'm waiting in suspense as I am always with Morpurgo books. I love Popsicle. He's so friendly but at the same time a bit gross until he had that bath!

fifob says:

favourite ever! such a great exciting book, if you want amaz-ment here u r!!!

Tekkit MASTER says:

I read it at school and when I did I loved it. All the twists, I was beleiving that something would happen but something else did. I absolutely loved it.smile

ONEDIRECTION says:

escape from shangri-la is exellent.i love the bit where popsicle makes cecie the boat.i suggest that everyone should read this book because it is the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. MICHAEL MORPUGO I HOPE U LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE I'M YOUR NO.ONE FAN!!!!!!!!!