Michael Morpurgo

Age: 9+

Published: June 2007

ISBN: 9780007107186

Format: Paperback

Antonito lives an idyllic life on his parent’s bull farm in Andalucia, Spain. But the idyll is shattered when he realises that his beloved bull calf, Paco, is destined for the bloody struggle of the bullring. What can he do? He has a plan – a plan of such daring, it will take enormous courage to see it through.

But it is 1936, and the rolling drums of war are echoing across the Spanish plains. Little does Antonito realise the full consequences of his actions – and Paco has a destiny far exceeding Antonito’s dreams.

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amuli says:

anotino lives with his family of the village sauceda he gets a bull takes care of it his uncle Jaun is a bull dancer and anotino sees the show of Jauns and saw he was killing a bull so he runs away from home his parents got attacked and were killed his sister maria also escape FOR SOME DAYS HE SURVIVED WITHOUT FOOD AND HE WAS SAVEDBY HIS UNCLE HIS BULL RAN OFF THEY CALLED IT PHATHOM HE WAS ADOPTED ANDE LIVED A HAPPY LIFE . THIS STORY TOUCHED MY HEART THANK YOU MICHAEL MORPORGO FOR MAKING SUCH GOODS BOOKS

Kiki :) keyonte - realname says:

This amazing book is a written by a award winning author Michael Morpurgo. This book is about a boy and his grandpa and how they have such a tight bond. The boy’s grandpa tells him a story of his childhood and that sums up the main character of the book, Antonito. Antonito lives on a small village called Sauceda not very famous or important in most countries/cities but very famous and important to the people that inhabit that amazing village. The story is set in world war II times and funny enough I was learning about it when I was in year 4 . I have been planning to read your book about Robin Hood as I will be learning about it this term. I am so happy that during Antonito’s time of starvation he was taken care of because of his Uncle Juan!

lolo22 says:

what can I say about this book its brilliant I read it with my class it is really in Spanish well some amazing Spanish words. Some parts are exciting some are sad its brilliant I can’t say anything else!!!!!!

chappy boii says:

It’s a very good book .It’s very touching and made me cry at the end.

k white says:

This book is amazing.

kim w says:

This book is amazing, I thought it was really good.

Mary:) says:

Toro, Toro is about a boy called antonito and his pet bull, Paco. One day antonito decided to run away with paco because he heard that paco may be killed in a bull ring. A few days after he left on his own, his village was destroyed with the war. His sister, Maria, sirvived but his parents were killed. antonito and maria then went off to live with Uncle Juans mother. He couldnt find Paco any where. Antonito always remembered paco, even when he was a grandad. Thank you Michael Murporgo for writing those special books, this is one of the best. It is very sad yet very good. I nearly cried after this! you are my favourite author.

Heidi says:

This story is a real page turner and will have you crying out loud. It is about the story of a little boy called Antonito who lives with his family in the Spanish village of Saudeda on a bull farm. It tells the tale of the special bond that develops between a bull calf and Antonito and the horror of Antonito discovery that his bull is destined for the bull ring and faces a horrible and gruesome death. Following this discovery Antonito decides to run away with his bull, a decision that will change his life forever. You will really enjoy this emotional and compassionate tale of love, friendship, war and survival. A brilliant read! Sent from my iPad

archie b. age 6 says:

This book is really good. It is about a boy called Antonio but he finds out his bull paco is destined to be on the bullring, but it is 1936 and it's WW2- can he save him? Find out in this great book.

Evan says:

All I have to say is that if I had not read Toro!Toro!my life would not be the same. Michael Morpurgo if you're reading this it would be an honour for you to write another book about a boy named Evan whose parents got a divorce. His dad was the best at football and his mother was the best at music but he did not know which to do,so he said he wanted to do music.The day after he said he wanted to do music his dad died and while im writing this there is a guitar in my hand.