Why The Whales Came
''Why the Whales Came'' is a Children's literature, children's story written by Michael Morpurgo and first published in 1985 by William Heinemann (UK) and Scholastic Corporation, Scholastic (US). It is set on the island of Bryher (island), Bryher, one of the Isles of Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall, in the year 1914 Plot summary 'Why the Whales Came' is about ten-year-old Gracie Jenkins, who lives on Bryher, a small island off the western coast of Britain, in the year 1914. "You keep away from the Birdman," Gracie's Father had warned her. The Birdman lives alone in a cottage that stands all by itself on a hill in the south part of the island. Gracie's father knows stories about him that he thinks are too horrible to tell her. The Birdman used to live on Samson Island, which people say has a curse on it. Gracie and her friend Daniel have a fleet of toy boats they have made. When the lake where they usually sail the boats is taken over by bad-tempered swans, Daniel talks Gracie ...
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