Michael Morpurgo 8 Books Collection Box Set Set 2

Michael Morpurgo 8 Books Collection Box Set (Series 2) gathers eight stories by Michael Morpurgo, the author of War Horse and a former Children’s Laureate. Bringing together short stories and standalone novels, the set moves between historical adventures, animal tales and school-based stories, offering a varied selection from across his work.

Within the collection are accounts shaped by survival, friendship and danger, including journeys marked by famine and shipwreck, and wartime secrets near a mountain border. Elsewhere, the focus turns to family life, boarding school rivalries and the complications that follow an unexpected meeting with a ghost from another era.

Included titles

• From Hereabout Hill
• Little Foxes
• The Nine Lives of Montezuma
• My Friend Walter
• Twist of Gold
• Waiting for Anya
• The War of Jenkins' Ear
• The Marble Crusher

Key details

• Eight-book collection box set (Series 2)
• Written by Michael Morpurgo
• Includes a short story collection alongside standalone novels
• Contains a reissue of The War of Jenkins' Ear with a new cover

Synopses

From Hereabout Hill

A short story collection featuring a tale set during civil war, a story of a girl swept out to sea while collecting cowrie shells, and an account of two brothers who gradually build a picture of their absent father.

Little Foxes

Billy feels most alive in the wilderness by the canal, where he watches a cygnet and protects fox cubs. When his secret place is discovered and the fox family is destroyed, Billy and the last fox are forced to run.

The Nine Lives of Montezuma

Stories following Montezuma, a mischievous farmyard cat, through a life of adventure. Cunning and proud as he establishes his kingdom, he remains loving to Matthew.

My Friend Walter

Bess meets the ghost of Sir Walter Raleigh and discovers he is an ancestor. As he causes trouble at home, she struggles to explain his presence to her family.

Twist of Gold

Sean and Annie flee the potato famine and plague in Ireland, surviving a shipwreck before reaching America in search of their father. Their journey takes them from poverty in Boston to life on a steamboat and across the prairies, while thieves pursue their family torc.

Waiting for Anya

During World War II, Jo discovers that Jewish children are being smuggled away from the Nazis near his mountain village in Spain. With German soldiers stationed at the border, he must warn his friends that the children are trapped.

The War of Jenkins' Ear

Toby Jenkins struggles at boarding school until he meets Christopher, who claims to have powers and promises a miracle. After Toby is attacked and his ear is injured, a conflict begins between him and the village boys.

The Marble Crusher

Albert believes the headmaster, Mr Manners, has a machine that crushes marbles. The story also follows Conker Nick as he faces a bully, searches for the best conker, and tries to help a mistreated dog.