num_pages: 112
description: Writing about the bonds of friendship across time and distance, Michael Morpurgo tells the story of a little boy named Bertie, who becomes separated from the orphaned white lion cub he rescued from the African veld when he is sent to a boarding school in England. Age 9+
language: English
title: The Butterfly Lion
titlecomplete: The Butterfly Lion
genres: Fiction, Historical, Animals, Adventure, School, Middle Grade, Novels, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Africa
ratings_count: 11807
places: South Africa
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
category: 6–8 years
publisher: Collins