Day the world stopped turning by Morpurgo, Michael 

BTSB Prebound(Feiwel and Friends, 2019)

BTSB #: 659217 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.8 MG+ Lexile: 900

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Autistic children - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - France - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Romanies - Fiction Soldiers - Fiction Hope - Fiction Human-animal communication - Fiction Flamingos - Fiction Camargue (France) - History|y20th century - Fiction France - History|y1940-1945, German occupation - Fiction

Summary: In the unique landscape of the Camargue in the South of France during WW2, a young autistic boy lives on his parents' farm among the salt flats and the flamingos that live there. There are lots of things he doesn't understand, but he does know how to heal animals. He loves routine and music too; every week he goes to market with his mother, to ride his special horse on the town carousel. But then the Germans come, with their guns, and take the town.