{"product_id":"michael-morpurgo-flamingo-boy-2018-paperback","title":"Michael Morpurgo: Flamingo Boy [2018] paperback","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThis 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\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eBut 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\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eOnly 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":"Morpurgo, Michael","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52466627379539,"sku":"9780008134648","price":15.7,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52466627412307,"sku":"XV80008134648","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/morpurgo-michael-michael-morpurgo-flamingo-boy-2018-paperback-1208847970.jpg?v=1764103998","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/michael-morpurgo-flamingo-boy-2018-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}