The penguin lessons : what I learned from a remarkable bird
Michell, Tom2016
Large Print
Total copies: 2
Set against Argentina's turbulent years following the collapse of the corrupt Peronist regime, this is the story of Juan Salvador the penguin, rescued by English schoolteacher Tom Michell from an oil slick in Uruguay just days before a new term. When the bird refuses to leave Tom's side, the young teacher has no choice but to smuggle it across the border, through customs, and back to school. Whether it's as the rugby team's mascot, the housekeeper's confidant, the host at Tom's parties, or the most flamboyant swimming coach in world history, Juan Salvador transforms the lives of all he meets - in particular, one homesick schoolboy. As for Tom, he discovers in Juan Salvador a compadre like no other...
Main title:
The penguin lessons : what I learned from a remarkable bird / Tom Michell.
Author:
Edition:
Large print edition.
Imprint:
Leicester : Thorpe, 2016.
Collation:
258 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.
Series:
Charnwood
Audience:
Adult.
ISBN:
97814448299901444829998
Dewey class:
371.1598.47
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
296326