TY - BOOK AU - Gleitzman, Morris TI - Loyal Creatures SN - 9780141355009 U1 - 823.92 PY - 2014/// CY - United Kingdom PB - Penguin Books Ltd KW - Interest age: from c 10 years KW - Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage) N2 - Loyal Creatures is the deeply moving story of war horse Daisy and her 16-year-old owner Will, sent from the Australian outback to the gruelling Middle Eastern campaign of the First World War. Their skill in finding water is vital to their regiment in the desert, but their devotion to each other is what keeps them alive in an overwhelmingly hostile environment. Is their unwavering loyalty enough to determine their destiny? The story was inspired by Michael Morpurgo's international bestseller War Horse and is closely based on historical record. Morris Gleitzman is the author of the highly acclaimed war novels Once, Then, Now and After ER -