01650nam a22002417i 450000500170000000800410001702000380005804000250009608200150012110000320013624500370016826400680020526400110027330000240028433600210030833700250032933800230035452008870037765000200126465000520128465000400133665000320137620191215113222.0191215t20182018   ||||e |||| 00| f eng d  a9780008134648cRM49.90qpaperback  aPPAKbengcPPAkerda04223a823.921 aMorpurgo, Michael,eauthor.10aFLAMINGO BOY /cmichael morpurgo 1aLondon, United Kingdom :bHarperCollins Children's Book, c2018 4c©2018  a288 pages ;c22 cm   2rdacontentatext  2rdamediaaunmediated  2rdacarrieravolume  aIn 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.10aEnglish fiction20aWorld War, 1939-1945 zFrancevJuvenile fiction20aAutistic childrenvJuvenile fiction20aSoldiers vJuvenile fiction