Fiction 9+

'War Horse' is the story of Joey, a thoroughbred horse, and how he is forced into the thick of the harrowing, poorly-led battles of the First World War.

When the ship ran aground, Laura was the one who spotted her. She was the toast of the island, for the repairs meant work and money for the islanders of Bryher. It is 1907 and life on the Scilly Isles is bleak.