{"product_id":"9780007457274","title":"Alone on a Wide Wide Sea: A heartwarming children’s story of a family separated by war","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming novel from the bestselling author of Private Peaceful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere were dozens of us on the ship, all ages, boys and girls, and we were all up on deck for the leaving of Liverpool, gulls wheeling and crying over our heads, calling good-bye, I thought they were waving good-bye. None of us spoke. It was a grey day with drizzle in the air, the great sad cranes bowing to the ship from the docks as we steamed past. That is all I remember of England…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen orphaned Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia after WWII he loses his sister, his country and everything he knows. The coming years will test him to his limits, as he endures mistreatment, neglect and forced labour in the Australian outback. But Arthur is also saved, again and again, by his love of the sea. And when he meets a nurse whose father owns a boat-building business, all the pieces of his broken life come together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, at the end of his life, Arthur has built a special boat for his daughter Allie, whose love of the sea is as strong and as vital as her father's. Now Allie has a boat that will take her to England solo, across the world's roughest seas, in search of her father's long-lost sister… Will the threads of Arthur's life finally come together?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis historical fiction by Sunday Times bestselling author, Michael Morpurgo, is a bestseller that delves into the lives of orphans, their journey through foster homes in Oceania, and their eventual adoption. It's a touching portrayal of family and the enduring spirit of children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of S. E. Hinton (S.E. Hinton's The Puppy Sister #0), Madeleine L'Engle (A Wrinkle in Time), Katherine Rundell (The Explorer), Katherine A. Applegate (The Predator), and Elizabeth Laird (Song of the Dolphin Boy).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Morpurgo, Read by Emilia Fox and Tim Pigott-Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46888981299349,"sku":"9780007457274","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007457274_1ef1a3e1-0696-4667-bcab-892a9df7c719.jpg?v=1776888274","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007457274","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}