Recounts the story of a lion cub purchased by two friends from a London department store, written from the point of view of Christian, the lion. He is ultimately sent to Kenya to be rehabilitated by George Adamson, for release into the wild.-- Source other that Library of Congress.

"Based on the true story of Anthony Bourke and John Rendall published in 1972 in the United States as: A lion called Christian"--T.p. verso. Originally published in the UK in 2009 by Random House Children's Books.