by Michael Morpurgo · HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks · tapa dura · ISBN 9780007266999
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«Kaspar: Prince of Cats» is Michael Morpurgo’s children’s novel, published in 2008 by HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks in hardcover (224 pages, in English).
Johnny Trott, a bellboy at the Savoy Hotel, sees Kaspar arrive in a basket with Countess Kandinsky. Bound to the cat and to Lizziebeth, a young American heiress, his life is turned upside down: thefts, a shipwreck and rooftop rescues lead the story to the Titanic, where Kaspar becomes the only surviving cat.
It features illustrations by Michael Foreman. First edition published in September 2008. Recommended reading age: 8 to 10 years.
For young readers who enjoy animals, the story of the Titanic and adventures in early twentieth-century London.
Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or the trenches of the First World War. Morpurgo was the third Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005, and is President of BookTrust, a children's reading charity.
