The penguin lessons
Michell, Tom2025
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Tom Michell is in his roaring 20s: single, free-spirited and seeking adventure. He has a plane ticket to South America, a teaching position in a prestigious Argentinian boarding school and endless summer holidays. He even has a motorbike! What he doesn't need is a pet. What he really doesn't need is a pet penguin. Set against Argentina's turbulent years, following the collapse of the corrupt Perónist regime, this is the heart-warming story of Juan Salvador the penguin, rescued by Tom from an oil slick in Uruguay just days before a new term. When the bird refuses to leave Tom's side, he has no choice but to smuggle it through customs, across the border and back to school, where it soon transforms the lives of all they meet.
Main title:
The penguin lessons / Tom Michell.
Author:
Michell, Tom, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2025.
Collation:
240 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2015.
ISBN:
9781405981439 (pbk)
Dewey class:
639.97847092639.97847 MIC
Language:
English
BRN:
3978569