The Day the World Stopped Turning (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781250250605)

Michael Morpurgo's The Day the World Stopped Turning is a middle-grade novel about an extraordinary boy who sees the world differently.

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. . .

Author: Michael Morpurgo
ISBN-10: 1250250609
ISBN-13: 9781250250605
Publisher: Square Fish
Language: English
Published: 07/07/2020
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 510672 / Day the World Stopped Turning