Michael Morpurgo

The Butterfly Lion is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published in Great Britain by Collins publishers in 1996. It won the 1996 Smarties book prize. The book was adapted into a stage play by Daniel Buckroyd of the Mercury Theatre Colchester, and is touring the UK in 2013. Michael Morpurgo has said …

Rollercoasters are popular with boys, girls and mixed-ability classes. Evoking a mesmerising picture of the Jacobite Rebellion, orphaned Robbie flees from his heartless uncle to join Bonnie Prince Charlie's uprising against the English. On the run from the redcoats, Robbie meets Charlie,possibly the last wild wolf cub …