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Charlie Ashanti, the hero of *Lionboy*, possesses the rare ability to speak the language of cats—wild and domestic alike. In a futuristic London, when his parents are kidnapped, Charlie relies on his feline friends in the town to launch a quest that takes him across the English Channel aboard a circus ship bound for Paris. There he strikes a bond with the homesick circus lions who become his allies, while a dangerous foe—an associate of the kidnappers—chases him, determined to seize him as well.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Zizou Corder
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