Why did I love this book?
The terror and beauty of the ocean, and survival theme, made Life of Pi a huge influence, when I wrote my book.
It really focuses the question of who you really are and what you might do to survive – when you are alone, lost, and totally unsure of your future. The difference is that in my book, there are two human characters rather than one. As with Life of Pi, animals – and our relationship to them – feature heavily too.
Life of Pi is a wonderful, surreal, and unsetting book. It is in a grand tradition of oceanic survival tales and is one of the best.
25 authors picked Life of Pi as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 14, 15, 16, and 17.
After the sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a wounded zebra, an orangutan—and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger.
Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi Patel, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with the tiger, Richard Parker, for 227 days while lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his…