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A stunning new classic from master storyteller Michael Morpurgo for readers of 9+, in the vein of private peaceful and the butterfly lionThis is a landmark new novel from the nation’s favourite storyteller, set in the unique landscape of the Camargue in the South of France during WW2. There, 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: And 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.

A stunning new classic from master storyteller Michael Morpurgo for readers of 9+, in the vein of private peaceful and the butterfly lionThis is a landmark new novel from the nation’s favourite storyteller, set in the unique landscape of the Camargue in the South of France during WW2. There, 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: And every week he goes to market with his mother,...  Read More