Book description
Reared in the teeming streets of India at the turn of the century,
the orphan Kim is the 'Friend of the all the World', an cheeky imp
with an endless interest in the extraoridinary characters he meets
daily. One of them, an old Tibetan lama, sets him on the path that
will lead him to travel the Great Trunk Road, and become a spy for the British...
Kipling's masterpiece with a fascinating introduction by Susan
Cooper, author of the award-winning Dark is Rising series.
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in India, although
educated in England. He was a prolific writer and recognized as a
genius. In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. His many
books for children include
Just So Stories
and
The Jungle Book.
