Boy Giant. Michael Morpurgo

      

      

      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2019

      Published in this ebook edition in 2019

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      Illustrations copyright © Michael Foreman 2019

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      Source ISBN: 9780008347918

      Ebook Edition © September 2019 ISBN: 9780008347932

      Version: 2019-08-20

       For Tom and Kate,

       and for Hannah, Jack and Zoe.

       M.M.

       To my big brothers,

       Ivan and Pud,

       giants of my boyhood.

       M.F.

      With thanks to Jonathan Swift, author of the great

      Gulliver’s Travels, published on 28 October 1726.

      Thanks also to Clare, Michael Foreman, Vicki

      Berwick, Nick Lake and Ann-Janine Murtagh for

      their help in making this book happen.

      And also my thanks to Sarah Outen, ocean rower

      extraordinaire, and an inspiration to us all.

       ‘Be not inhospitable to strangers lest they be angels in disguise’

      George Whitman

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Epigraph

First Part

1. Tiny, They Called Me

2. Fore Street, Mevagissey

3. Something to Cling On To

4. The Little People

5. Me, a Mountain!

6. Son of Gulliver

7. The Whole World

       8. Gran Baruta

       Second Part

       9. Where Was I?

       10. Thank You

       11. Zaya and Natoban

       12. Dark Clouds

       13. A Tree to Climb On

       14. Talking to Mother

       Third Part

       15. Round End Good. Sharp End Bad

       16. The Wrecking of the Warships

       17. The Eggy Part

       18. How to Crack an Egg, Peacefully

       Fourth Part

       19. Blufescu