Kaspar: Prince of Cats [Large Print] [Paperback]

Michael Morpurgo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 5, 2009

Johnny didn't expect to end up with Kaspar, the Savoy cat, on his hands forever, and nor did he count on making friends with Lizziebeth, a spirited American heiress. Pretty soon, events are set in motion that will take them all around the world.

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Multi-award-winning author Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain's best-loved writers for children and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, The Writers Guild Award and the Blue Peter Book Award. From 2003 to 2005 he was the Children's Laureate, a role which took him all over the UK to promote literacy and reading, and in 2005 he was named the Booksellers Association Author of the Year. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Galaxy; Large type edition edition (October 5, 2009)
• ISBN-10: 140566374X
• ISBN-13: 978-1405663748
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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3.0 out of 5 stars The Titanic, the Savoy Hotel & an Orphan, November 8, 2011

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Nicola Manning (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kaspar, Prince of Cats. Michael Morpurgo (Paperback)

Reason for Reading: I've read and enjoyed the author before plus I am a Titanic fan.

This is an entirely fictional story about three things, two of them rooted in actual fact. First and foremost it is the story of fourteen year old Johnny Trott, orphan, currently working as bell boy at the Savoy Hotel, secondly it is a story of how the famous sculpture of the Savoy Hotel cat may have come to be and thirdly, it is an account of the sinking of the Titanic.

An important guest at the hotel befriends Johnny and instructs him to watch over her cat, Kaspar, while she is away from her rooms. Misfortune befalls her and Johnny keeps the cat as his own. Then another family comes to stay and he befriends the impish daughter of a wealthy couple. Here we deal with different types of friendship and love that Johnny has never experienced in his life before and this is the basic theme of the book. To add some adventure, the family is fated to sail home to New York on the "unsinkable" ship, the Titanic. Both Johnny and Kaspar end up on board but I won't tell you how or why but this eventually leads to the sculpture of the Kaspar cat being presented to the Savoy.

A fun story that will appeal to both boys and girls. It is an easy-going book with the first half dedicated to Johnny and his relationships, much more character driven than anything else. I enjoyed this half the best. The second half picks up the pace and adds escapades and finally an account of the Titanic's sinking that is quite realistic. The author ends with a Post Script telling the reader how, as a writer, he pulled the real elements from life and created his fictional story from them.

Final word on the illustrations, Michael Foreman is a prolific illustrator and one of the best England has to offer. This book is no exception; it is profusely illustrated, in colour, and it was a delight to read a chapter book in colour for a change.

5.0 out of 5 stars children's books, September 13, 2011

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This review is from: Kaspar, Prince of Cats. Michael Morpurgo (Paperback)

I've bought many of Michael Morpurgo's books for my grandson. I love them. Though there are always sad parts to every story, they deliver hope at the end.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Kasper, June 5, 2011

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J. Guest - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kaspar: Prince of Cats (Kindle Edition)

Kasper is an exsieting book where things hapen unexspectly. The end middle and beging is all fun and full of exsietment.My favriot part is at the end. If you read this book then have alot of fun. If you are an atult then it would be good too shear it with you kids.