Not Bad For A Bad Lad: a story of friendship, hope and second chances

Subjects

Animal Tales - bundles of fur, fluff and fun

Average rating

5 out 5

A powerful and inspiring tale of redemption from the author of WAR HORSE – with a personal introduction to the story from Michael Morpurgo.

""I know a good sort when I see one. That’s why I’ve taken him on. That’s why I took you on.""

When a young lad strays into bad behaviour and thieving, he soon finds himself in Borstal prison for young men, lonely and without hope. But when Mr Alfie, who manages the stables, asks him to care for and tame a damaged horse, both are given a second chance.

Could this ""bad lad""’s skill with horses help him follow his dreams?

Includes a fascinating ""Facts Behind the Story"" section.

I have read this book

This book was a little bit difficult for me to read at times but it was so interesting and was about horses working during the war. The pictures in the book were lovely

Anonymous 13.10.2020

It is a story about friendship and is very interesting

Viscount Horatio Anteater 19.08.2020

This sweet old-fashioned and a real page turner of a book is about a bad lad and as you can imagine the crazy things he does like being expelled from the school, stealing cars and at the age of sixteen he ends up going to jail. One morning he's let out for a quick morning stroll and sees some horses in the stable and that's when bad lad's heart begins to grow. wonderful book by the award winning author of war horse Michael Morpurgo!

Anonymous 30.07.2019