King of the Cloud Forests

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Then trapped alone in a howling blizzard he is taken by a tribe of high mountain creatures, perhaps yetis, but not quite human and comes to be treated as the re-embodiment of their almost supernatural, white-skinned god-cum-ruler of years earlier. This book was soooo good it’s about a young boy named Ashley who leaves his father in the war of China and goes with his Uncle Sung into the mountains of Tibet. They struggle to get through the Himalayas, especially as winter comes in and have to endure much hardship and suspicion from fellow travellers and others they meet who offer them hospitality along the way. It turned out to have been the worst mistake he could have ever made – and one which he must put right before it is too late.

and he finds that many years ago a young doctor (who later won the novel prize for medicine) had lived with the yeti for three years. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Young Ashley respects the people around him and is upset when they do not respect him – and it is not all due to his father's religious teaching.He is one of the most successful children's authors in the country, loved by children, teachers and parents alike. Here the Chelsea Pensioner looks back on his life, football, playing football for Chelsea F C, his wartime experiences in the army and more football.

A young boy escapes from China after the Japanese invasion and starts on a journey thru Tibet, Nepal and India to England. The main character is a child - Ashley Adams, son of the director and founder and his wife, the head doctor. He started the charity Farms for City Children in 1976 with his wife, Clare, aimed at relieving the “poverty of experience… many young children feel in inner city and urban areas. When Ashley is brought to the land of the yetis it seems to be an almost Shangri-la paradise in a world of ice, snow and towering mountains, one wonders why humans hadn't colonised it first and, though its river is flowing down from the Himalayan glaciers and therefore icy cold, Ashley has little difficulty in swimming in it without developing hypothermia. He spends the whole day making his perfect snowman; he has coal eyes, an old green hat and scarf and a tangerine nose.

King Of The Cloud Forests is an unassuming story at first glance, before it's unexpectedly weaved with myth and fantasy.

When battling the hostile environments of the mountains, and finding himself alone in an unfamiliar world, Ashley's courage is put to the test. Whichever you are, this is an amazing story and Morpurgo deserves the title, 'The Master Storyteller'. However, far from being a threat, the yetis seem to know Ashley and start to worship him as their king. Sheltering in a tunnel, the stranger in the carriage with Barney and his mother tells them a story of a young soldier in the trenches of World War I who, on the spur of the moment, did what he thought was the right thing.Back in the days of the Boys' Own Paper those yetis would have been portrayed as either savage or playfully childish King Kongs. Told in the voice of Private Tommo Peaceful, the story follows twenty-four hours at the front, and captures his memories of his family and his village life - by no means as tranquil as it appeared.