The day the world stopped turning, Michael Morpurgo
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The day the world stopped turning, Michael Morpurgo
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The day the world stopped turning
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Michael Morpurgo
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Accelerated Reader, MG+, 5.8, 9, 510672
Summary
In the unique landscape of the Camargue (France) during World War II, Lorenzo, a young autistic boy, lives among the salt flats and the flamingos. There are lots of things he doesn't understand, but he does know how to talk to animals, heal animals, especially the flamingos. He loves routine and music, and every week he goes to market with his mother. It's there he meets Kezia, a Roma girl who helps her parents run their carousel. Then the German soldiers come with their guns. Everything is threatened and falling apart: the carousel, Kezia and her family, even Lorenzo's beloved flamingos. Yet there are kind people even among the soldiers, and there is always hope
Target audience
juvenile
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- Human-animal communication -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Soldiers -- Juvenile fiction
- War fiction
- Camargue (France) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Autistic children -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Juvenile fiction
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- Subject9
- Human-animal communication -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Soldiers -- Juvenile fiction
- War fiction
- Camargue (France) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Autistic children -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Juvenile fiction
- Content1
- Author1
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