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Aman e sua mamma sono in fuga da un mondo fatto di povertà, corruzione e brutalità. Soli, senza un soldo, vengono guidati verso la salvezza da Ombra, una cagnolina addestrata a fiutare ordigni esplosivi. Ombra è fuggita durante un'imboscata al suo plotone inglese ed è data per dispersa nel deserto afgano. Quando Aman la trova è debole, affamata, ferita dai sassi dei ragazzi del villaggio. Aman si prenderà cura di lei e Ombra lo ripagherà non lasciandolo mai solo. Difenderà lui e la madre accompagnandoli, proprio come un'ombra, fino a una nuova vita in un nuovo Paese. Età di lettura: da 11 anni.
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- Pagine: 192
- Data di uscita: 28-06-2016
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One of the most hard-hitting middle grade biographical fiction I have ever read! Morpurgo's books are so well written with such realistic characters and storyline that it's difficult to ignore them. Once you start reading one of his books, you won't be able to stop. At least for me, it's always like Leggi tutto
I could just write “no”, but will try to be a little more helpful. I could note the triggers, as some reviewers do. In the first 90 pages of this children’s book then, we have death and bereavement, brutalisation, starvation and abuse, war and oppressive regimes, detention centres and prisons, tortur Leggi tutto
Shadow is a book about friendship that spans the UK and Afghanistan. Matt visits his grandfather and tells him about his best friend Aman who along with his mother has been taken to Yarl’s Wood. Aman has lived in the UK for 6 years as an asylum seeker, but according to the Government their time has Leggi tutto
The book was ok. I believe it was written for a youthful audience but talking about abuse while in Afghanistan and the war is heavy stuff. I guess I don't like thinking about Afghanistan, especially since Biden gave it back to the Taliban after all the sacrifice that was put into it. (I know we had
Izzie and I were blown away by this book, another absolutely gripping story from Michael Morpurgo, this time set in Afghanistan and England. Told by three different voices, Grandpa, Matt and Aman, 'Shadow' tells of how Aman and his mother, helped by the stray dog they call Shadow, escape from Afghan Leggi tutto
I am a huge fan of Morpurgo's book but sometimes find him a bit 'samey'. This knocked my socks off. A stunning story and very relevant to today. I would love to read this to a class of children. The discussions it would raise on asylum seekers, war torn countries, the empathy it could bring out. I al Leggi tutto
War, human beings, animals and the relationship remain central to the stories of Michael Morpurgo. Only difference this time modern time war struck Afghanistan. Captivating story with the narrative style made me stick to the book till the last page.
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