Out of the Ashes by Michael Morpurgo (From Worcester News)

Out of the Ashes by Michael Morpurgo

10:48am Friday 19th March 2010 in News

On New Year's Day Becky Morley begins to write her diary. By March, her world has changed forever. Foot and mouth disease breaks out on a pig farm hundreds of miles from the Morley's Devon home, but soon the nightmare is a few fields away. Local sheep are infected and every animal is destroyed.

Will the Morley's flock be next? Will their pedigree diary herd, the sows with their piglets, and Little Josh, Becky's hand-reared lamb, survive? Or will they be slaughtered too?

The waiting and hoping is the most agonizing experience of Becky's life.

REVIEW

Rating: GREAT
Review by Michael, age 11, The Chantry, Worcester.
What did you think of the plot? Could it be improved?

No not really, made you very tearful because many animals had to be killed.

Was it easy to get into the story?

No not really, it was quite complicated but once you have read a couple of pages, it is quite easy.

Were the characters realistic?

Yes, very because it was all from the characters point of view and it sounded very real.

What did you think of the ending? Would you change it in any way?

Well lots of books finish in a happy ending and this book does too.

Are you going to read more books by this author?

Yes, I have two books at home by Michael Morpurgo ready to read.