Michael Morpurgo is one of today's most popular and critically acclaimed children's writers, author of KENSUKE'S KINGDOM and THE WRECK OF THE ZANZIBAR amongst many other titles. He has won a multitude of prizes including the Children's Book Award, the Smarties Prize and the Writer's Guild Award.
It is Christmas Eve and as Tom fetches logs he sees a lion padding through the orchard with a string of sausages in its mouth. His mother and father don't believe him, even when he sees it a second time. At school, his friends laugh at him, all, that is, except Clare. Fed up with being teased Tom and Clare hatch a plan to prove to everyone that the lion is real. The tension builds to a thrilling climax in this deeply satisfying story. (8-10 yrs) (Kirkus UK)