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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; eve...

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Main Author: Morpurgo, Michael (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2019
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
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.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Romanies > Juvenile fiction.
Hope > Juvenile fiction.
Flamingos > Juvenile fiction.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
War fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:First published in 2018 in Great Britain as Flamingo Boy by HarperCollins Children's Books.
Physical Description:284 pages ; 22 cm
Audience:Ages 8+.
ISBN:9781250107077
1250107075
Author Notes:British author Michael Morpurgo was born in St. Albans, Hertforshire in 1943. He attended the University of London and studied English and French. He became a primary school teacher in Kent for about ten years. He and his wife Clare started a charity called Farms for City Children. They currently own three farms where over 2000 children a year stay for a week and experience the countryside by taking part in purposeful farmwork.

He has published over 100 books and several screenplays. He won the 1995 Whitbread Children's Book Award for The Wreck of the Zanzibar, the 1996 Nestle Smarties Book Prize for The Butterfly Lion, and the 2000 Children's Book Award for Kensuke's Kingdom. Private Peaceful won the 2005 Red House Children's Book Award and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. Five of his books have been made into movies and two have been adapted for television. He was named as the third Children's Laureate in May 2003.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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