SuitabookFolklore and the unknown
The stories place myths, legends and ghosts around Zennor, where magic and reality meet.
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Michael Morpurgo - Author
Expect atmospheric Cornish tales where folklore, ghosts and magic meet farms, the sea and family life. The collection includes linked stories, including one about William, whose disability brings exclusion and cruelty from others.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceExpect atmospheric Cornish tales where folklore, ghosts and magic meet farms, the sea and family life. The collection includes linked stories, including one about William, whose disability brings exclusion and cruelty from others.
The stories place myths, legends and ghosts around Zennor, where magic and reality meet.
William has a deformed foot, is mocked and excluded by children, and receives limited attention from his father but care from his mother.
One reader also notes that some farm details may upset particularly sensitive children; the intensity and ending are not fully clear.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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