# Michael Morpurgo — books assigned in US schools

**2** books by Michael Morpurgo appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 2–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/michael-morpurgo
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- people with mental disabilities
- poverty
- single-parent families
- world war, 1914-1918

## Genres

- Early Chapter Book
- Historical Fiction

## Every Michael Morpurgo title on file

- [Private Peaceful](https://readinglist.school/book/private-peaceful) _(Grades 9–12 · 1962)_
- [The Puffin Keeper](https://readinglist.school/book/the-puffin-keeper) _(Grades 2–3 · 2020)_

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