The penguin lessons
By: Tom Michell
Published: 2015
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780718181635; 9781405921824
Subjects: Wildlife rescue; Penguins; School mascots; Boarding schools
Description: Tom Michell is in his roaring twenties: 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, 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 ...
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1.I Pick Up a Penguin; title: 2. Magellan Penguins; title: 3. Bath Time; title: 4. Storm Warning for the Falklands; title: 5. Strange Customs; title: 6. You Shall Have a Fishy; title: 7. Upstairs Downstairs; title: 8. New Friends; title: 9. Treasure Trove; title: 10. Terrace Talk; title: 11.A Visit to the Zoo; title: 12. The Mascot; title: 13.A Visit to Maria's House; title: 14. Going Wild for Penguins; title: 15. The Quest for El Dorado; title: 16.`Can I Swim?'; title: 17. And They All Lived Happily; title: 18. Reflections from Afar.