![]() ![]() The plot is simple but effective: stranger on the door, mysterious place he doesn’t want to go, and then… argh, this is hard, that’s a great spoiler.Įscape from Shangri-La talks a lot about WWII and it’s based around the D-Day landings and the boats which were used, which is how the climax of the plot happens. I didn’t feel that involved with this story, however, but I did enjoy it. It was a warm and friendly story, about family and love and history, as much of Morpurgo’s works are. I’ve been wanting to read this book for a while and I got through it pretty quickly. ![]() ![]() Cessie misses him a lot, but she still doesn’t understand the mystery of something he kept on saying: “Don’t let me go to Shangri-La, Cessie. He’s great, until he starts forgetting things and has to go to a nursing home. Everything was normal until a stranger turned up on the doorstep and said he was Cessie’s grandfather. ![]()
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