{"product_id":"9780008134631","title":"Flamingo Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Morpurgo, Michael \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 08\/03\/2018,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 288 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008134631,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stunning new classic from master storyteller Michael Morpurgo for readers of 9+, in the vein of PRIVATE PEACEFUL and THE BUTTERFLY LION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697425580076,"sku":"9780008134631","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008134631_81345d46-1143-446e-846a-9b6f4c1a6f39.jpg?v=1759682746","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.live\/products\/9780008134631","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}