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Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
2001356 pagesEasy readSteady pace
★ Booker Prize, 2002
A boy and a tiger on a lifeboat
Pi Patel's family is moving from India to Canada with the animals from their zoo when their ship sinks. Pi ends up in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger called Richard Parker and tries to survive at sea. It won the 2002 Booker Prize and was adapted as a 2012 film directed by Ang Lee.
More about this book
Who
Pi Patel and a Bengal tiger.
World
The Pacific Ocean.
What makes it different
It asks readers to decide which version of the story to believe.
Feel
Adventurous and thoughtful.
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Further reading
- Life of PiWikipedia