Author: Michael Morpurgo
Reading Age: 9-11

A young boy befriends a white lion in Africa, but when he is sent to boarding school in England, the lion goes to join a French circus. He always swears that one day he will see the lion again.

A young boy befriends a white lion in Africa, but when he is sent to boarding school in England, the lion goes to join a French circus. He always swears that one day he will see the lion again.

The years pass and Bertie endures boarding school and goes on to enlist in World War 1. Millie, his friend from school days, finds him again.  Will the pair be able to do what Bertie has always wanted and find the lion again?

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