Billy's no kid, he's eight today and watching the boys in the park playing football and cheering his team, Chelsea. But Billy has memories of his mother struggling to keep the family going. But most of all he can remember 1939 when he was picked to play for Chelsea.
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Michael Morpurgo Biography
Michael Morpurgo is an award-winning English author, born in St. Alban’s in 1943. After attending St. Matthias primary school in London, Michael was sent away to boarding school, which he never liked and wrote about in his novel, Butterly Lion.
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Michael Foreman is one of the most talented and popular creators of children's books today. He has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice and his highly acclaimed books are published all over the world. He is married and has three sons. He divides his time between St Ives in Cornwall and London.
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