The Butterfly Lion

By Morpurgo, Michael

Publishers Summary:
Trying to run away from boarding school in England, a boy encounters an old woman who tells him the story of Bertie and his beautiful white lion.

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ISBN
978-0-67087-461-3
Publisher
New York : Viking, 1997.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on August 1, 1997

Gr 4-8 Elements of fantasy and fiction are woven into this fast-paced adventure. A student runs away from boarding school and meets an elderly lady, whom he later discovers is a ghost. She tells the story of another boy, Bertie, who grew up long ago in Africa and eventually became her husband. Lonely and neglected by his parents, he rescues an abandoned white lion cub and cares for it, gradually forming a close bond. After some years the boy's parents abruptly decid...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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