Kim (Puffin Classics)

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling

Children & Young Adult

Reared in the teeming streets of India at the turn of the century, the orphan Kim is the 'Friend of the all the World', a cheeky imp with an endless interest in the extraordinary 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...

General Information

  • : 9780141332505
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : Puffin
  • : 0.359
  • : 01 May 2011
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 01 June 2011
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Rudyard Kipling
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : 448
  • : maps

More About The Product

The Puffin Classics series is a perfect marriage of the old and the new. Enjoy some of the best books from the past and find out why and how they inspired some fo the best writers of the present. -- Julia Eccleshare Lovereading4Kids

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.