Michael morpurgo biography video walter

British 1988 children's novel

My Friend Walter is a children's fiction novel by Michael Morpurgo.

It was first published in Great Britain by William Heinemann in 1988.^[1] The book was shortlisted for the 1989 Smarties Prize.^[2]

Plot

This book follows a girl called Bess who goes to a family reunion.

She meets a stranger who tells her to visit the Bloody Tower, in London. Bess sees Sir Walter Raleigh in London and Walter asks Bess if he can come and live on her estate.

Living with a ghost can have its difficulties, I discovered, even if he is your friend.

Remember Sir Walter Raleigh who laid his cloak in a puddle so Queen Elizabeth the first could walk across?

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Well, Bess meets his ghost and finds out he's her ancestor! How will Bess explain Sir Walter to her family? Especially when he breaks her brothers fishing rod, steals a horse and smokes cigars in her room!^[3]

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