Hey guys,

I am doing a book review on King Of The Cloud Forest by Michael Morpurgo.

It is about this boy called Ashely Anderson who lives in China with his Dad because Ashely's Mother died after he was born. Ashley's Dad was born in New England and had an ambition to travel to China and spread the word of God. Ashley's father ran away from home because he wanted to be a Missionary. When he was fifteen he was broad and six feet tall, the missionary company thought he looked twenty so let him join them.

By the time he was twenty he was creating his own missionary in the town Ping Ting Chow, with his own hands he built a Chapel and a Hospital Compound. Within a couple of years he became very successful. When he was in the city of Ping Ting Chow he saw a women who worked in the Hospital and for the minute he set eyes on her he had to speak to her and she became his wife and Ashley's mum.
The woman was with a man called Zong Sung. He became the person who made every thing work well. After Ashley was  born his mother only lived for another six months and then she died. Ashely's mother was becoming the guardian angel of the place. After a couple of years after his mother died Japan were invading China. People were getting injured and more people were coming into the Hospital so Ashley's father thought it would be best if Zong Sung now called Uncle Sung took Ashley to Tibet where Uncle Sung is from.


So the next day Ashley got his things ready even though he really didn't want to go. He said goodbye to his dad. So Uncle Sung and Ashley set off on a long journey, it was going to be so long that Ashley might grow out of the clothes he is wearing. As night fell Ashley and his Uncle slept, the next day they walked up a steep icy hill and they kept on slipping down the hill. Once they had climbed the hill they saw a farm house and in the house was a Mo who can predict things in the future. He told them that one day Ashley would be King of the Cloud Forest.

They continued their journey and found a house that Ashley could stay in while Uncle Sung tried to find some food. While he was on his own Yetis came to visit him and Ashley left the house and went with them to a cave. He stayed with them for a long time, got to know them and liked being with them. He couldn't speak there language but communicated by showing them things. They treated Ashley like a god, thinking that he can cure them from illnesses and diseases but all he really did was copy what his father and uncle had done in the hospital.

After a year of being with the yetis he wanted to find his Uncle, the monks found him, took him to Uncle Sung and they stayed in the building where the monks lived. Then in the morning they both travelled all the way to Tibet  and went to the boat station to go to England. 

So they got on to the boat that travelled to England which took along time. 

They got to Southampton where Ashley was going to live with his Grandma, Aunts and Uncle Sung so they went to the his Grandmas house and after a couple of days he had to go to school but boys kept on bulling him because of the clothes that his uncle made him wear. After a couple of weeks he became ill but eventully got better but as the doctor came in he wonderd what the corination tin was and looked through it and told Ashley that the man in the photo lives near here. So Ashley, Uncle Sung and his Grandma all went to the man's house and chatted with him and he showed him pictures of himself with the yeties.

I liked this book, which was really adventurous and I loved the way the Yetis played with Ashley.

Animals 8 out of 10
Magic 0 out of 10
Adventure 10 out of 10
Humour 6 out of 10
Historical info 5 out of 10