I've just started reading Morpurgo's latest book. It's set in the Palestinian west bank and told from the point of view of both a travelling journalist and a young Palestinian boy called Said.
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The global village
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Remembering Srebrenica
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Representing the pandemic
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Truth and reconciliation
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