Why the Whales Came

Why the Whales Came is a children's story written by Michael Morpurgo and first published by William Heinemann in 1985. It is set on the island of Bryher, one of the Isles of Scilly, in the year 1914.

The book was filmed under the title When the Whales Came in 1989.

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