Martel, Yann.

Life of Pi : a novel / Yann Martel. - lst U.S. ed. - New York : Harcourt, [2001] �2001 - xii, 319 p. ; 24 cm.

Wilson's Fiction, October 2010 Library Journal Starred, June 2002 Pub Weekly, April 2002 Booklist, May 2002 New York Times, May 2003 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2003 Resource Links, October 2003

Pi Patel, having spent an idyllic childhood in Pondicherry, India, as the son of a zookeeper, sets off with his family at the age of sixteen to start anew in Canada, but his life takes a marvelous turn when their ship sinks in the Pacific, leaving him adrift on a raft with a 450-pound Bengal tiger for company.

830 Lexile. Adult Follett School Solutions.



9780151008117

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Survival--Fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Fiction.
Storytelling--Fiction.
Teenage boys--Fiction.
Ocean travel--Fiction.
Zoo animals--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Tigers--Fiction.


Pacific Ocean--Fiction.


Psychological fiction.
Adventure fiction.

PR9199.3.M3855 / L54 2001

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