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The Day the World Stopped Turning
by Michael Morpurgo
Ages: 9+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-250-10707-7
Keywords: World War II, Discrimination, France, Human-animal connection, Roma, Friendship, Autism
In southern France during World War II, a Roma girl and her best friend, an autistic boy, struggle to survive and save the flamingos living outside their farm.