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Caught up in an oil spill, a dying seagull scrambles ashore to lay her final egg and lands on a balcony, where she meets Zorba, a big black cat from the port of Hamburg. The cat promises the seagull to look after the egg, not to eat the chick once it's hatched and - most difficult of all - to teach the baby gull to fly. Will Zorba and his feline friends honour the promise and give Lucky, the adopted little seagull, the strength to discover her true nature?
A moving, uplifting and life-enhancing story with a strong environmental theme, Luis Sepúlveda's instant children's classic has been a worldwide best-seller and is presented here with new drawings by acclaimed illustrator Satoshi Kitamura.
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Luis Sepulveda, geb. 1949 in Chile, musste wegen seines politischen Engagements seine Heimat verlassen und lebte u.a. über zehn Jahre in Deutschland im Exil. Er arbeitete als Journalist und für die UNESCO. Heute lebt Sepulveda in Spanien. Sein Werk wurde in zahlreiche Sprachen übersetzt und erhielt wichtige Auszeichnungen.
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A moving, uplifting and life-enhancing story with a strong environmental theme, Luis Sepulveda's instant children's classic has been a worldwide best-seller and is presented here with new drawings by acclaimed illustrator Satoshi Kitamura.
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My favourite thing about the book is the bond between the cats, and the way they all help the baby seagull. Daniel Pilling, 9, National Geographic Kids Magazine
