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Author:

Morpurgo, Michael, author.

Title:

The puffin keeper / Michael Morpurgo ; illustrated by Benji Davies.

Publisher:

Puffinan imprint of Penguin Random Canada Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House of Canada Limited,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

90 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons--Juvenile fiction.
Lighthouse keepers--Juvenile fiction.
Shipwrecks--Juvenile fiction.
Rescues--Juvenile fiction.
Puffins--Juvenile fiction.
Memory--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction--Juvenile fiction.

Other Authors:

Davies, Benji, illustrator.

Summary:

"As a child, Allen is saved from a nautical disaster by Benjamin Postlethwaite, a solitary lighthouse keeper. Years later, Allen returns to the lighthouse, and the two nurse an injured young puffin back to health. When Allen is called up to fight in World War Two...his fond memories of his time at the lighthouse keep him going, even through prison camp."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0735271801
9780735271807

LCCN:

bl2022006360

Locations:

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CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

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LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

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SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)