Books like Long Way Home by Michael Morpurgo
George, age twelve, arrives at his seventh foster placement on the Dyers’ farm. While he initially resents the routine of foster life, he finds acceptance among Tom, Storme, and a wayward cow. During a fierce storm, George helps save the cow and, with Tom’s encouragement, decides to stay. Over the next weeks, the children work on the farm together, learn to swim in the river, and face challenges, including an accident that sends Mrs Dyer to the hospital. Unable to run the farm alone, the family and the children attempt to overcome the crisis. Ultimately George, determined to return for good, comes back to find the Dyers ready to take him into their family permanently.
First publish date: 1975
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Michael Morpurgo
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