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Penelope Lively's Book "Moon Tiger," Which Won A Big Prize Called The Booker Prize, Is A Touching Story About Losing Things And Wanting Things. The Main Character Is Claudia Hampton – She's Pretty, Famous, And On Her Own, And She's Also Very Sick. But She Doesn't Give Up Easily. She Tells Her Nurses That She Wants To Write A History Of The World And Her Own Story Before She Goes. The Book Follows Her Life From When She Was A Kid After The First World War, Through The Second World War, And After That.

Claudia's Life Is Connected To Other People's Lives, And She Lets Those Who Knew Her And Loved Her Talk Too, So They Can Say What They Think. There's Her Brother Gordon, Who Was Sometimes Her Enemy, And Jasper, Who Was Her Boyfriend And The Father Of Her Daughter Lisa. Lisa Is Pretty Normal, And Then There's Tom, Who Was The Most Important Person She Ever Loved. She Met Him During The War In Egypt.

This Book Stays With You Even After You've Finished Reading It. It's Like The Story Stays In The Air Around You. It's Complex And Makes You Think. Penelope Lively Wrote It Really Well, Savoring Each Word She Used.

Penelope Lively Has Written Many Books That Won Awards, For Both Adults And Kids. She Was Shortlisted For The Big Booker Prize Twice, And She Won It In 1987 For "Moon Tiger." She Wrote Lots Of Other Books Too, Like "Going Back," "City Of The Mind," And "How It All Began." She's Also Popular For Writing Stories For Children. She Lives In London.

Penelope Lively's Book "Moon Tiger," Which Won A Big Prize Called The Booker Prize, Is A Touching Story About Losing Things And Wanting Things. The Main Character Is Claudia Hampton – She's Pretty, Famous, And On Her Own, And She's Also Very Sick. But She Doesn't Give Up Easily. She Tells Her Nurses That She Wants To Write A History Of The World And Her Own Story Before She Goes. The Book Follows Her Life From When She Was A Kid After The First World War, Through The Second World War, And After That. Claudia's Life Is Connected To Other People's...  Read More