<P> Kensuke's Kingdom is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Michael Foreman . It was first published in 1999 by Egmont UK . Since then, many more editions have been released by various other publishers, such as Scholastic. . </P> <P> A young boy called Michael travels with his parents around the world on the yacht Peggy Sue after his parents lose their jobs at the brickworks and decide to sail the seven seas . Michael's parents teach him what he would have normally learnt at school and he has a log that he writes in . They travel from England to Africa, South America and Australia . </P> <P> He was on the lookout one night with his sheepdog, Stella Artois, and they awake to discover that they were on an island near Australia . While Michael struggles to survive on the island, food is regularly left for him . To his surprise, he learns that an elderly Japanese man called Kensuke is also living on the island . Kensuke helps Michael to survive . Kensuke was the one who saved Michael when Michael was thrown overboard . </P> <P> Michael teaches Kensuke English, and Kensuke teaches Michael how to paint, how to fish with a spear and where to find the best food (Such as red bananas) and water . He is eventually revealed to be a doctor and survivor of World War II, and he believes that his family, including his wife Kimi, and son Michaya, died in Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was dropped there on 9 August 1945 . Over time Kensuke begins to understand how Michael feels and how he misses his family . </P>

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