Author(s): Michael Morpurgo, M B E

Junior Fiction

When kaspar the cat first arrived at London s Savoy Hotel, it was Johnny Trott who carried him in. After all, Johnny was a bellboy and was responsible for all of Countess Kandinsky s things including Kaspar. But when tragedy befalls the Countess during her stay, Kaspar becomes more than Johnny s responsibility: Kaspar is Johnny s new cat, and his new best friend.And when Kaspar and Johnny meet Lizziebeth, a spirited young heiress, they find themselves journeying across the Atlantic with Lizziebeth s family on England s newest and most magnificent ship, the Titanic. Because there is always adventure in the air with a cat like Kaspar around. After all, he s Kaspar Kandinsky, Prince of Cats, a Londoner and a New Yorker and, as far as anyone knows, the only cat to survive the sinking of the Titanic. . . ."