5/30/2023 0 Comments War Horse by Michael Morpurgo![]() ![]() Both horses and their riders survive, but Trooper Warren and Captain Stewart are taken as Prisoners of War by the Germans, and Topthorn and Joey now belong to the German Army as ambulance horses. Joey meets Trooper Warren and Joey and Topthorn go to their second cavalry charge. Captain Nicholls is killed by a machine gun and Captain Jamie Stewart, Topthorn's rider, leads Joey back with Topthorn. They arrive and Joey and Topthorn are met with their first cavalry charge. He meets Topthorn, a stocky black stallion, and the two become friends.Įventually, the horses are put on a ship to France. ![]() Joey is trained to be a cavalry horse in the First World War. Captain Nicholls promised to take care of Joey and led him away. Albert tried to join too, but he was a year too young. ![]() When Albert found out, he was more upset than he had ever been before. Joey, the main character, was introduced in an auction where Albert's father bought Joey and then takes him to his farm in Devon, England, where Joey and Albert become friends and Albert teaches Joey to become a farm horse.Īlbert's father could not afford to keep Joey, so he sends him to the Army without Albert knowing. Albert, his previous owner tries to bring him back before his father sells him but it is too late to bring him back safely home. ![]() The story recounts the experiences of Joey, a horse bought in a market and sold to the army for service in World War 1. It was first published in Great Britain by Kaye & Ward in 1982. War Horse is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo. ![]()
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