by Michael Morpurgo · Egmont Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781405201896
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«The Nine Lives of Montezuma» is the children's novel by Michael Morpurgo, published by Egmont Books in paperback (120 pages, in English).
Montezuma, a farm cat named after an Aztec emperor, stars in nine lives of danger and adventure. The work traces his evolution from a fiery kitten to an elderly cat, always independent and master of his own fate, in a rural setting he knows and dominates.
The novel was originally published in 1980. This 2004 edition includes illustrations by Chris Chapman.
Aimed at readers aged 8 to 10, especially those who enjoy animal and adventure stories.
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.
