{"product_id":"flamingo-boy-1","title":"Flamingo Boy","description":"A stunning new classic from master storyteller Michael Morpurgo for readers of 9+, in the vein of PRIVATE PEACEFUL and THE BUTTERFLY LION\n\nThis 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.\n\nBut 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.\n\nOnly 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…","brand":"Michael Morpurgo","offers":[{"title":"HarperCollins Publishers \/ 08 Mar 2018 \/ 503","offer_id":53749108179285,"sku":"9780008134648","price":3.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0501\/4188\/8668\/files\/9780008134648_047b698f-53a6-40d1-a215-dc38ee8d13ff.webp?v=1776893582","url":"https:\/\/www.bookworld.ie\/products\/flamingo-boy-1","provider":"Book World Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}