Flamingo boy
Morpurgo, Michael, 1943-2018
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In the unique landscape of the Camargue in the South of France during WW2, a young autistic boy lives on his parents' farm among the salt flats and the flamingos that live there. There are lots of things he doesn't understand, but he does know how to heal animals. He loves routine and music too; every week he goes to market with his mother, to ride his special horse on the town carousel. But then the Germans come, with their guns, and take the town. A soldier shoots a flamingo from the sky and it falls to earth terribly injured. And even worse is to come: the carousel is damaged, the horses broken. For this vulnerable boy, everything is falling apart. Only there's a kind sergeant among the Germans - a man with a young boy of his own at home, a man who trained as a carpenter. Between them, perhaps boy and man can mend what has been broken - and maybe even the whole town.
Flamingo boy / Michael Morpurgo.
London : HarperCollins Children's, 2018.
287 pages ; 21 cm.
9780008134648
823.914
English
World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Juvenile fictionWorld War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Juvenile fictionAutistic children -- Juvenile fictionHuman-animal communication -- Juvenile fictionSoldiers -- Juvenile fictionCamargue (France) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fictionCamargue (France) -- Juvenile fictionHistorical fictionChildren's stories
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Brighton Library | Junior Fiction | J MOR | Available |