Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
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"Alone on a Wide Wide Sea" is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo that follows the life of an orphan sent from Britain to Australia and his later quest for identity and family.
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | children's novel ⓘ |
| author | Michael Morpurgo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
letters
ⓘ
memory ⓘ the sea ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educationalUse | school reading material ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | no ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | British child migrant schemes ⓘ |
| intendedReadingLevel |
lower secondary school
ⓘ
upper primary school ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Allie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arthur Hobhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOneFocus | Arthur Hobhouse's childhood and life in Australia ⓘ |
| partTwoFocus | Allie's voyage and search for family ⓘ |
| plotElement |
child migration from Britain to Australia
ⓘ
sea voyage ⓘ |
| setting |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | told in two parts ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
displacement
ⓘ
family ⓘ identity ⓘ migration ⓘ orphanhood ⓘ resilience ⓘ search for belonging ⓘ |
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