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The day the world stopped turning

Morpurgo, Michael, author

2019

Overview

\"In the unique landscape of the Camargue (France) during World War II, Lorenzo lives among the salt flats and the flamingos. There are lots of things he doesn't understand-but he does know how to heal animals, how to talk to them; the flamingos especially. He loves routine, and music too: 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-and who shows him how to ride the wooden horse as the music plays. But then the German soldiers come, with their guns. Everything is threatened, everything is falling apart: the carousel, Kezia and her family, even Lorenzo's beloved flamingos. Yet there are kind people even among soldiers, and there is always hope\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
• Subject: Autistic children Juvenile fiction. / World War, 1939-1945 France Juvenile fiction. / Friendship Juvenile fiction. / Romanies Juvenile fiction. / Soldiers Juvenile fiction. / Hope Juvenile fiction. / Human-animal communication Juvenile fiction. / Flamingos Juvenile fiction. / Autistic children Fiction. / World War, 1939-1945 France Fiction. / Friendship Fiction. / Romanies Fiction. / Soldiers Fiction. / Hope Fiction. / Human-animal communication Fiction. / Flamingos Fiction. / Camargue (France) History 20th century Juvenile fiction. / France History German occupation, 1940-1945 Juvenile fiction. / Camargue (France) History 20th century Fiction. / France History German occupation, 1940-1945 Fiction.
• ISBN: 9781250107077