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      EGMONT PRESS: ETHICAL PUBLISHING

      Egmont Press is about turning writers into successful authors and children into passionate readers – producing books that enrich and entertain. As a responsible children’s publisher, we go even further, considering the world in which our consumers are growing up.

      Safety First Naturally, all of our books meet legal safety requirements. But we go further than this; every book with play value is tested to the highest standards – if it fails, it’s back to the drawing-board.

      Made Fairly We are working to ensure that the workers involved in our supply chain – the people that make our books – are treated with fairness and respect.

      Responsible Forestry We are committed to ensuring all our papers come from environmentally and socially responsible forest sources.

       For more information, please visit our website at www.egmont.co.uk/ethical

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      Egmont is passionate about helping to preserve the world’s remaining ancient forests. We only use paper from legal and sustainable forest sources, so we know where every single tree comes from that goes into every paper that makes up every book.

      This book is made from paper certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC), an organisation dedicated to promoting responsible management of forest resources. For more information on the FSC, please visit www.fsc.org. To learn more about Egmont’s sustainable paper policy, please visit www.egmont.co.uk/ethical.

       Also by Michael Morpurgo

      Arthur: High King of Britain

      Escape from Shangri-La

      Friend or Foe

      From Hereabout Hill

      The Ghost of Grania O’Malley

      Kensuke’s Kingdom

      King of the Cloud Forests

      Little Foxes

      Long Way Home

      Mr Nobody’s Eyes

      My Friend Walter

      The Nine Lives of Montezuma

      The Sandman and the Turtles

      The Sleeping Sword

      Twist of Gold

      Waiting for Anya

      War Horse

      The War of Jenkins’ Ear

      The White Horse of Zennor

      Why the Whales Came

       For Younger Readers

      Conker

      Mairi’s Mermaid

      On Angel Wings

      The Best Christmas Present in the World

      The Marble Crusher

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      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Great-Aunt Laura

       January 20th

       February 12th

       February 14th

       February 15th

       July 21st

       July 30th

       July 31st

       August 23rd

       September 6th

       September 7th

       September 8th

       September 9th

       October 25th

       November 1st

       November 30th

       December 6th

       December 8th

       December 9th

       December 10th

       December 24th

       December 25th

       Marzipan

To Marion, Keith, Daniel and Charlie

      GREAT-AUNT LAURA

      MY GREAT-AUNT LAURA DIED A FEW MONTHS ago. She was a hundred years old. She had her cocoa last thing at night, as she usually did, put the cat out, went to sleep and never woke up. There’s not a better way to die.

      I took the boat across to Scilly for the funeral – almost everyone in the family did. I met again cousins and aunts and uncles I hardly recognised, and who hardly recognised me. The little church on Bryher was packed, standing room only. Everyone on Bryher was there, and they came

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