| Authors: |
Martel, Yann.
Marshall, Alexander.
Woodman, Jeff.
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| Material type: |
eAudiobook |
| Subject: |
Pacific Ocean -- Fiction.
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.
Ocean travel -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Storytelling -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Teenage boys -- Fiction.
Tiger -- Fiction.
Zoo animals -- Fiction.
Downloadable audiobooks.
Audiobooks.
Adventure fiction.
Psychological fiction.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
[Minneapolis, Minn.] : HighBridge Co., 2003. |
| ISBN: |
159887344X (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) 9781598873443 |
| Notes: |
Downloadable audio file. |
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Duration: 11:35:25. |
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Title from: Title details screen. |
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Unabridged. |
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Read by Jeff Woodman with Alexander Marshall. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 166568 KB). |
| Available online: |
Access limited to subscribing libraries
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A Digital Book accessible through the World Wide Web; Click here for information
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| Rating: |
5 out of 5: They loved it |
| Community reviews |
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Life of Pi by nyackschools |
The book Life of Pi deals with a boy named Pi Patel and his remarkable journey adrift the open waters for 227 days, with his only companion being a Bengal tiger. The book begins in Pondicherry, India at Pi’s family zoo. The Patel family ends up moving to Canada aboard a freight ship carrying them and half of their zoo animals that are being sold. Along the journey, the ship sinks, leaving Pi alone in a lifeboat with a dangerous 400-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Pi and Richard Parker deal with the risk of starvation and dehydration as well as the danger of sharing a boat with each other. Yann Martel created this entertaining and thought-provoking novel that kept me hooked throughout. The relationship between Pi and Richard Parker amazed me; their process of communicating was so fascinating and they were both so in tune with each other down to their body language and over-all mood. Martel managed to weave a fantastic story and in the end challenges you to believe it all.
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An unusual tale by booktalkers |
| Captivating. Thought provoking despite the unusual storyline. |
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| Summary: |
Martel's novel tells the story of Pi--short for Piscine--an unusual boy raised in a zoo in India. Pi's father decides to move the family to live in Canada and sell the animals to the great zoos of America. The ship taking them across the Pacific sinks and Pi finds himself the sole human survivor on a lifeboat with a hyena, an orangutan, a zebra with a broken leg and Bengal tiger called Richard Parker. Life of Pi brings together many themes including religion, zoology, fear, and sheer tenacity. This is a funny, wise, and highly original look at what it means to be human. |