The story, about a boy who gives his white lion immortality, moves gracefully through frequent switches from past to present, from first to third person, from the English countryside to pre-WWI South Africa. Winner of a Smarties Gold Medal, Morpurgo's (The Wreck of the Zanzibar) cozy, well-executed British novel may not survive the jump across the ocean-the climax depends on a casual reference likely to be lost on American readers. He was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity. Michael was Children’s Laureate from 2003 to 2005, and founded the charity Farms for City Children with his wife, Clare. He has written more than 150 novels and won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Whitbread Award and the Blue Peter Book Award, while several of his books have been adapted for stage and screen, including the global theatrical phenomenon War Horse. Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best-loved writers for children, and has sold more than 35 million books around the world. Bertie swears that one day they will see one another again, but it is the butterfly lion which ensures that their friendship will never be forgotten. They are inseparable until Bertie is sent to boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to a circus. I won’t ever forget you.”īertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African veld. “All my life I’ll think of you, I promise I will. A lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa, and his lifelong friendship with a white lion.
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