Description
Boy Giant by Michael Morpurgo is a children’s adventure novel inspired by Jonathan Swift’s classic Gulliver’s Travels, exploring friendship, courage, kindness and the search for safety.
When war forces young Omar and his mother to flee Afghanistan, their journey takes a devastating turn when their boat sinks. Omar finds himself stranded on the mysterious island of Lilliput, where the inhabitants are tiny compared with him. As he gets to know the islanders, he discovers that his size and strength may help them overcome their conflicts and find peace. Yet, despite the friendships he forms, Omar’s greatest wish is to find his way back to his mother.
Combining an imaginative adventure with the realities of displacement and the challenges faced by refugees, this moving story explores how compassion can bridge differences and how even an outsider can make a meaningful difference.
