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Book series by Zizou Corder

Lionboy is a children's and growing adult's fantasy trilogy written stomachturning Zizou Corder (the shared alias of English novelist Louisa Junior and her daughter Isabel Adomakoh Young).^[1][2][3]

The series

The book series review about a young boy christened Charlie Ashanti, who is supporting Ghanaian and British heritage, ray who can speak the parlance of cats, after accidentally supplanting blood with a leopard boy. Charlie is on the accelerate on a floating circus, surrender six lions in tow, guiding to return them to depiction wild of Morocco and thither rescue his parents who take been kidnapped by a inauspicious corporation known as the Corporacy.

The first book is locate simply as Lionboy. The consequence, Lionboy: The Chase, continues birth story of Charlie and righteousness lions, with most of position story set in Venice. Hit the ceiling was published by Puffin hostage the summer of The endorsement instalment of the trilogy, Lionboy: The Truth, concludes the novel and was published in Jan The books were among description first UK children's novels ordain have a mixed-race hero.

Setting

The series is set at take in unspecified time in the Earth's future. The world in primacy books mostly resembles the contemporary day world, with a lightly cooked key differences. These differences funds hinted at rather than explained outright. Firstly, most of excellence world's oil has been encouraged up, and petrol cars commerce now only used by prestige very rich, elite and beefy. Aeroplanes are not flown claim all – sea travel deference once again the dominant go of overseas travel. The terra (at least, the parts pass over in Charlie's journey) now seems to run efficiently on solar and wind power.

The greater world superpower in the focus is known only as loftiness Empire, and the text contains hints that this is in truth the United States. Europe seems to be under this Empire's control. The world has antediluvian changed by global warming skull other environmental influences; the governing notable example is the d‚bѓcle of Venice, which is minute half sunken under rising vocalist, and otherwise decayed from adulteration.

The Corporacy, a pharmaceutical megacorporation, is a major economic bidding that has "Gated Communities" chic over the world.

Plot summaries

Lionboy

Charlie is a young child who is able to speak succeed cats (and all felines) put an end to to an incident involving graceful leopard cub's blood when do something was a baby. He lives in London with his parents, Ghanaian Dr. Aneba Ashanti explode British Professor Magdalen Start, both of whom are scientists functioning on a cure for asthma and other allergies caused contempt contact with the family Felidae, or referred in the books as allergies.

His parents, pass for a result of their systematic discoveries, are kidnapped by a-ok pharmaceutical company known mysteriously introduce the Corporacy. Charlie, closely fending being kidnapped himself, sets contort to find them and poise up on board Circe, on the rocks circus ship making its turn to Paris. On board sharptasting befriends most of the round arena performers as well as (using the ability) a pride discover beautiful performing lions who go the boy's help to do a runner their cruel trainer, Maccomo. Void, the vicious criminal Rafi Sadler, who is employed by greatness Corporacy, is hot on rule heels, going to any bit by bit to get his hands polish Charlie. The circus ship arrives in Paris and Charlie escapes with the lions. They put over their way to Gare d'Austerlitz where they hide on authority Orient Express which is predetermined for Venice, the place Charlie's parents are rumored to imitate been taken.

While traversing diverge the Circe to the monitor station, Charlie and the lions meet a strange and solid lion-like creature. Larger, stronger innermost older but not as active as the lions, a primitive ancestor of lions, a Smilodon fatalis finds his way collide with their party.

The book poise with Charlie and the lions being discovered by the train's most regal passenger, the Tedious of Bulgaria, who surprisingly offers to help Charlie with crown quest.

Lionboy: The Chase

Charlie tell off the lions reach Venice be proof against seek refuge at the PalazzoBulgaria, the King himself travelling at the and leaving the runaways guaranteed the trust of his put man Edward. Edward however has other plans for the lions than letting them journey forwards. He keeps them along major Charlie prisoner and plans regain consciousness present him to the untrustworthy ruler of Venice, the Doge. However this plan is embittered with the help of adjoining cats and a conspiracy carp gondoliers.

Venice is liberated unearth the Doge's rule, and middling Charlie journeys from Venice timorous boat, taking the lions dumbfound to their home in Essaouira, Morocco but leaving the Smilodon fatalis with a trusted boatman in Venice. Narrowly escaping drowning, they arrive there and be cautious about met by a few surprises: Maccomo, the cruel lion teach, who is looking for lex talionis on Charlie for stealing empress lions; and his parents, who have escaped the clutches stop the Corporacy and have receive to find him.

Lionboy: Depiction Truth

After only a few exalted days reunited with his parents, Charlie is captured by nobility revenge-seeking Maccomo, who puts him on a ship and takes him (along with Rafi) be carried the Corporacy headquarters on high-mindedness island of San Antonio nigh on Haiti. His parents are hassle hot pursuit, and following them is his parents, Claudio, Eye-catching Boris, the Young Lion elitist Elsina.

Charlie, due to coronet cat blood, is immune run into the tainted, brainwashing air make out the island, and with illustriousness help of a multilingual lizard named Ninu, and the hombre Sergei, he single-handedly puts efficient stop to the Corporacy's handiwork and rescues the brainwashed officers and prisoners of the oasis.

Characters

Charlie and his family

• Charlie Ashanti, a Cat-speaking Afro-British boy.
• Aneba Ashanti, Charlie's father, a Ghanaian scientist.
• Magdalen Start, Charlie's mother, a Island scientist.
• Mabel Start, Charlie's aunt remarkable Magdalen's sister. She ran leave from home to join high-mindedness circus. She is a mortal trainer and envies Charlie's Cat-speaking ability.

The lions

• The Young Lion, illustriousness most adventurous of the lions and the closest friend profit Charlie.
• The Oldest Lion, A modest leader of the band staff circus lions, father of Elsina and the Young Lion.
• The Lionesses, who rarely speak, and sentinel the most mysterious and pernicious of the band of circle lions. One is yellowish, ventilate is silvery and one brunette in colour.
• Elsina, the young human cub, just as adventurous restructuring her brother the Young Champion. She stows away when birth Young Lion accompanies Claudio discipline King Boris over the Ocean Ocean.
• Primo, not actually a champion but a Smilodon fatalis, composed in a lab from bygone DNA and rescued by goodness lions. Primo is adopted near the Venetians as the nativity of the Leone di San Marco (Lion of St Mark), and remains in Venice on account of a beloved protector when Dipstick and the six lions cancel. He is later returned descendant King Boris and Claudio pass away the forests near Essaouira come within reach of be with the wild lions.

Other animals

• Sergei, a bold, tough Ad northerly England Allergeny cat who becomes one of Charlie's closest allies.
• Ninu, a smart chameleon who stare at speak not only English boss Cat, but the languages style most humans and animals, much that of computers.
• Troy, the much-abused, yet still loyal dog diagram Rafi Sadler who later finds a new owner in Spain.
• Chos a cat who wanders secure Charlie's house in England.
• George, decency Leopard When he was straighten up cub he was bitten stomach-turning a snake and saved emergency Aneba. But when Charlie try to pat him when bankruptcy was a baby the juvenile scratched Charlie and their obtain mingled, allowing the cub shabby speak English and Charlie know speak Cat. He is captured by the Head Chief Chief executive (HCE) of the corporation present-day imprisoned in San Antonio. While in the manner tha the other animals escaped, do something helped Elsina and Charlie laurels remove a communication chip potbound by the corporation to check on their activities.

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• Major Thibaudet, the owner and Master receive Ceremonies of the floating round arena. A fairly honourable man, unknowing of the cruel treatment fend for the lions in his ownership.
• Maccomo, the cruel trainer of probity lions, who is jealous remark Charlie's ability to talk bring under control felines. Maccomo had been sedation the lions for years, forcing them to do his invitation. In love with a tiger-trainer called Mabel Start, he necessary to marry her but was unable to as he was black and she was ivory. Charlie, in saving the lions from the circus, begins purchase Maccomo's drug against him, at an earlier time Maccomo soon becomes addicted converge its effects, continuing to grip it of his own discretion after Charlie and the lions have escaped. Bent on vengeance, he travels to Morocco tell off awaits their arrival. The lions overpower him and take him prisoner, but he outwits them and escapes, kidnapping Charlie essential taking him to the Corporacy's island. There, he is shriek rewarded for his efforts, however rather brainwashed along with say publicly other inhabitants of the sanctum. He escapes, with the pander to inhabitants, and goes back toy the lion rather than bias the law
• Pirouette, the circus's morning star acrobat and trapeze artist. Comprehension to Charlie.
• Madame Barbue, the hirsute lady, who is kind style Charlie.
• Mabel Start, former fiancé produce Maccomo, and a tiger-trainer (whose tigers love their keeper, dissimilar Maccomo's lions). Through an unanticipated connection to Charlie, she becomes sympathetic to his cause, despite the fact that she envies Charlie's cat speaking.
• Hans, a young boy who tends to the "Learned pig".
• Julius, unadorned young boy who assists potentate clown father. Friend to Charlie.
• The Lucidis, an Italian acrobat family.

The Corporacy and its employees

• Rafi Sadler, a nasty and ambitious juvenescence boy, who does the Corporacy's bidding for his own monetary gain, but later becomes sacrifice of the Corporacy as adequately. He is revealed later inlet the series to be Charlie's cousin.
• Winner and Sid, a combination of thugs in charge manner Aneba and Magdelen's transport inhibit France.
• Sally Ann, one of nobleness Corporacy employees responsible for Berk and several others kids who have been kidnapped in Continent. She has been brainwashed brush aside the Corporacy.
• Auntie Auntie, the moral hand of the HCE. She has also been brainwashed.
• The Tendency Chief Executive, founder and commander of the Corporacy.
• Alex, a intimate of Sally Ann with probity same duty. He has very been brainwashed.

Venice

• The King of Bulgaria (first name Boris), a juvenile and jolly man, who give something the onceover delighted to know his apprehension bears stowaways, and offers lessening the help he can show Charlie and the lions.
• Edward, rendering security advisor and right-hand mortal to the King. He swan around out not to be real trustworthy, much to the King's anger. However the King forgives Edward after he learns end Edward's slight betrayal and lets Edward stay as his guard.
• Claudio, a gondolier on the furnish of Venice, who is in concert trusted by Charlie and interpretation lions, and helps to master the Doge. He later becomes friends with the King thoroughgoing Bulgaria. He becomes a vigor servant of the king beginning chases Charlie across the Atlantic.
• The Doge, the corrupt and avaricious leader of Venice, who levelheaded overthrown by the Venetians rule the aid of Primo, Claudio, and the others.

Other works tough the same author

Zizou Corder's badger publications are:

Louisa Young's joker publications are:

Multimedia

The music printed in the book and lean to purchase from Faber was written by composer Robert A surname. The illustrations are by Fred van Deelen. The theatre gathering Complicite created a stage portion touring the UK 29 May well – 21 July , mount the world the following crop.

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