The crowstarver

Description:

In 1926, a childless couple takes in an abandoned baby boy who, despite being mentally handicapped, grows to display special talents, and finds a happy niche for himself in their English countryside community.

subjects: Savants (Savant syndrome),  Juvenile fiction,  Fiction,  Mentally handicapped,  People with mental disabilities,  World War, 1939-1945,  Country life,  Foundlings,  Farm life,  Human-animal communication,  Children's fiction,  Human-animal relationships, fiction,  People with mental disabilities, fiction,  Farm life, fiction,  England, fiction,  World war, 1939-1945, fiction,  Animals,  Adoption,  Foundlings -- Juvenile fiction,  Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction,  Human-animal communication -- Juvenile fiction,  Ability -- Juvenile fiction,  Farm life -- England -- Juvenile fiction,  People with mental disabilities -- Juvenile fiction,  World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Juvenile fiction,  Ability,  Human-animal relationships

Places: England