Billy the KidBilly has just been picked to play for Chelsea when WWII breaks out . . . Master storyteller Michael Morpurgo weaves a powerful tale of triumph and tragedy on the pitch and off it. Billy's no kid he's eighty today. He's enjoying watching the boys in the park knock a football around and this afternoon he'll be cheering on his team, Chelsea, as he has done all his life. In 1939 Billy was picked for Chelsea. Not quite nineteen, and his dreams had come

When a seaside escape spells a little romance

Sashi’s mother visits Jack Swyteck

Includes a special sneak peek for This Woven Kingdom

Part baseball story

Can Tintaglia and the Elderlings unlock the secrets of the ancient city

Chest hair and tattoos—who knew

The man opens his eyes and with his last breath says

and her journey of faith in a world of science in this poignant

motherless Jamie falls under the dangerous spell of her older

and yet the surgeon’s mate on the Resolution was able to write: ‘In every situation he stood unrivalled and alone

In this eye-opening call to action

\"I made a film with some friends about a boy