Asleep in his hospital bed, Jim dreams of a great lion with white teeth and amber eyes. This lion is Jim’s finder. According to Nurse Bami, everyone has a finder, a creature who comes looking for us when we are lost. But when the time comes for Jim’s operation, will his lion be able to find him and bring him safely home? Dramatically re-imagined as a graphic novel by award-winning illustrator Alexis Deacon, with the inclusion of powerful dream sequences, Russell Hoban’s tale of a boy’s search for strength and courage will resonate with any child dealing with adversity.
- ISBN: 9780763665173
- Author: Hoban, Russell
- Illustrator: Deacon, Alexis
- Published: 2014 , Candlewick Press
- Themes: adversity, Dreams, illness, lions, Mental Health
- Descriptors: England (UK), Fiction, Graphic Novel, Primary (ages 6-9)
- No. of pages: 84