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Title:
A lion called Christian
ISBN:
9780767932301
Edition:
Rev. ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Broadway Books, c2009.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 226 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
Contents:
A lion with a price tag -- Sophistocat -- Noblesse oblige -- "The publicity-shy jungle king" -- A proposal -- The lion at world's end -- Country life -- Christian's parents -- "Coals to Newcastle" -- A lion's lion -- Onward Christian -- Christian's progress -- The YouTube reunion, 1972 -- The final farewell, 1972 -- Christian's pyramid.
Reading Level:
1190 L Lexile
Summary:
A wondrous, serendipitous tale that tracks Christian's migration from London streets to Kenyan wilderness and the new friends, both lion and human (notably lion expert George Adamson of Born Free fame) that he finds there. Most astonishing, however, is that in 1971, after a year's absence, his old friends Bourke and Rendall returned to Africa and successfully reunited with Christian.
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