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The Penguin Lessons

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 Argentine boarding school, and endless summer holidays. He even has a motorbike, Che Guevara style. 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 Peronist 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, 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 school boy.`The Penguin Lessons` is a unique and moving true story which has captured imaginations around the globe – for all those who dreamed as a child they might one day talk to the animals.

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