Kaspar the cat first came to the Savoy Hotel in a basket – Johnny Trott knows, because he was the one who carried him in. I highly recommend this and another book of Michael's I have read, The Mozart Question, which I (almost) guarantee will make you cry a little.Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storytellerĪ heart-warming novel about Kaspar the Savoy cat, from the award-winning author of Born to Run and The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips It's a very memorable story and the history is described perfectly, making everything easy to picture. I loved this book most of all for it's ability to appeal to both children and adults. The ending was perfect (purrfect?), yet sad. Of course, the Titanic plays a big part in Johnny's life later in the story and despite it being such a tragic event, it could also have been one of the best things that happened to him, in an odd way. Things get better when he meets Lizziebeth, a spirited girl from America, who discovers Kaspar and immediately falls in love with him. Pretty quickly into this book things take a turn for the worse and Johnny finds himself tasked with the job of keeping Kaspar a secret, as he's not allowed pets in the Hotel. There's a lot of sad, and happily sad, events in this story. His dreams are far bigger than being a bell boy for the rest of his life and when a Countess walks through the doors of the Hotel one day, his entire life changes.

The book is about Kaspar but told from the point of view of Johnny, a fourteen year old working at the Savoy Hotel in London, in the early 1900's. It really lived up to my expectations! If the name Michael rings a bell it should - he's written books such as War Horse, Kensuke's Kingdom and Private Peaceful. But I've read one like it before, by the same author so I was pretty hopeful about this one too. Normally, if I saw a children's book that was around 200 pages long and filled with illustrations, I would be skeptical about it being a good story. Londoner and a New Yorker, and as far as anyone knows, the only cat to Because everything changes with a cat like Kaspar around.Īfter all, he's Kaspar Kandinsky, Prince of Cats, a Muscovite, a all around the world, surviving theft, shipwreck and rooftop rescuesĪlong the way. Pretty soon, events are set in motion that will take Johnny - and Kaspar Johnny was a bell-boy, you see, and heĬarried all of Countess Kandinsky's things to her room.ĭidn't expect to end up with Kaspar on his hands forever, and nor did heĬount on making friends with Lizziebeth, a spirited American heiress. Book Depository ¦ Amazon UK/ US ¦ GoodreadsĬame to The Savoy Hotel in a basket - Johnny Trott knows, because he was

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