2. This book is based on a horse named Joey who gets raised by a
teenage-boy named Albert. Albert lives in Devon, England.
Albert’s father has to pay rent so he sells Joey to the army in
1941 to get money. It took place during and after the First World
War. Horses were needed greatly at the time as well as soldiers.
His owner, Albert longed for Joey while he was away. This story
tells of a great friendship between a person and a horse, and it
tells of the horrible time this beautiful bay-red horse went through.
Albert joins the army later hoping to find Joey and becomes blind
fighting behind enemy lines.
War Horse can break your heart, because it's such a sad, joyful,
and touching story. You may have mixed emotions throughout the
story. Sensitive readers should not read this book.
If I had to rate this story overall from a 1-10 scale I would give it a
rate of: 10
Will Joey ever see Albert again? Want to find out… read the book!
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Lexile: 1090
Michael is a British author. He was born the 5th of October in
1943. He has written about 120 other books. He is still alive.
This book was recently made into a great Motion-Picture.
