The Fox and the Ghost King: A funny animal adventure story for children about a family of football-loving foxes

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A delightful tale of victory against all odds from master storyteller, Michael Morpurgo.“Every fox in the whole town, in the whole country just about, is a football fan… And we all have an impossible dream.”In a cosy den under a garden shed lives a family of foxes. They love to watch football – all foxes do. But their favourite team keeps losing and losing, and it seems like things will never look up.That is, until Daddy Fox finds the ghost of a king, buried underneath a car park. A king who wishes only to be free.“Release me,” says the Ghost King, “and I can do anything. Just tell me your greatest wish.”For these football-loving foxes, might everything be about to change…?This top-rated juvenile fiction by Sunday Times bestselling author, Michael Morpurgo, takes us on a journey of sports, animals, and unexpected miracles. The foxes impossible dream might just be within reach with the help of a buried king.For fans of S. E. Hinton (S.E. Hinton's The Puppy Sister #0), Madeleine L'Engle (A Wrinkle in Time), Katherine Rundell (The Explorer), Katherine A. Applegate (The Predator), and Elizabeth Laird (Song of the Dolphin Boy). Show more