num_pages: 192
description: A gripping and heartfelt war story from Britain’s best-loved children’s author, Michael Morpurgo. Turned away by his own son, Cessie’s long-lost grandfather finds himself in the place he fears most a nursing home called Shangri-La. Only Cessie loves him and is determined to help him escape and unravel the truth of his past. A past that comes to him only in glimpses a lifeboat, a tin of condensed milk, a terrifying night on the beaches of Dunkirk in World War II.
language: English
title: Escape from Shangri-La
titlecomplete: Escape from Shangri-La
genres: Fiction, Family, Adventure, British Literature, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Novels, Childrens, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 1464
publisher: Egmont