by Colin Thiele · Flammarion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782081649156
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«On l'appelait Tempête» is the children's novel by Colin Thiele, published by Flammarion in paperback (94 pages, in French).
Tempête lives with his father on a remote Australian coast, between a lagoon and the Indian Ocean. He rescues three orphaned pelican chicks, raises them and forms a special bond with one of them, Mr Percival. The story contrasts his wild life with the obligation to go to school, and deals with friendship and conservation.
The work was originally published in 1963 as «Storm Boy». This French edition appeared in 1997 in the «Mon île» collection; the work received the Zilveren Griffel award in 1986.
For readers aged 9 to 12 who enjoy stories about animals, nature and friendship.
Colin Milton Thiele was an Australian author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning children's fiction, most notably the novels Storm Boy, Blue Fin, the Sun on the Stubble series, and February Dragon. As Vice Principal and Principal of Wattle Park Teachers College and Principal of Murray Park CAE for much of the 1960s and 1970s he had a significant impact on teacher education in South Australia.
