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Flamingo boy

Morpurgo, Michael (author.).

Summary: In the unique landscape of the Camargue in the South of France during WWII, 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.

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  • ISBN: 9780008134648 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 0008134642 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 9780008134631 (hardback) :
  • ISBN: 0008134634 (hardback)
  • Physical Description: print
    287 pages ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2018.

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Target Audience Note:
8+ years.

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Subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Juvenile fiction
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Juvenile fiction
Autistic children -- Juvenile fiction
Human-animal communication -- Juvenile fiction
Soldiers -- Juvenile fiction
Camargue (France) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
Genre: War fiction.
Historical fiction.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at South Central Regional Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Morden Library J F Mor (Text) 35864002359196 Junior Fiction Volume hold Available -
Winkler Library J F Mor (Text) 35864002359188 Junior Fiction Volume hold Available -
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