Gracie and her friend Daniel have always been warned to stay away from the Birdman and his side of the island. But then they find a message in the sand and discover the Birdman is not who they thought. They build up a lovely friendship with him, but when the children get stranded on Samson Island they don\u2019t know whether to believe the birdman\u2019s story that the island is cursed.<\/p>\n
Set against the backdrop of the First World War, in the tradition of Friend or Foe and Private Peaceful Michael Morpurgo brings the emotional reality of conflict to life in a way that is accessible to younger readers. Look out for his other historical adventures including An Eagle in the Snow and Listen to the Moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gracie and her friend Daniel have always been warned to stay away from the Birdman and his side of the island. But then they find a message in the sand and discover the Birdman is not who they thought. They build up a lovely friendship with him, but when the children get stranded on Samson Island they don\u2019t know whether to believe the birdman\u2019s story that the island is cursed.<\/p>\n
Set against the backdrop of the First World War, in the tradition of Friend or Foe and Private Peaceful Michael Morpurgo brings the emotional reality of conflict to life in a way that is accessible to younger readers. Look out for his other historical adventures including An Eagle in the Snow and Listen to the Moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[217],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4939","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-children-books","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple","add-to-wishlist-after_add_to_cart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=4939"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=4939"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=4939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}