Life of Pi : a novel
(Book)
Author
Published
Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, 2003.
ISBN
9780156027328, 0156027321, 0151008116, 9780151008117
Lexile measure
830L
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Action and adventure fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.
Novels.
Ocean travel -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Pacific Ocean -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Shipwreck survival -- Fiction.
Storytelling -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Survival at sea -- Fiction.
Teenage boys -- Fiction.
Tiger -- Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Zoo animals -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.
Novels.
Ocean travel -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Pacific Ocean -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Shipwreck survival -- Fiction.
Storytelling -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Survival at sea -- Fiction.
Teenage boys -- Fiction.
Tiger -- Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Zoo animals -- Fiction.
More Details
Published
Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, 2003.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xii, 319 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780156027328, 0156027321, 0151008116, 9780151008117
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5.7, 16 Points
Level 5.7, 16 Points
Lexile measure
830
Notes
General Note
"A Harvest book."
Restrictions on Access
Distribution is restricted to RFB&D members who have a documented print disability such as a visual impairment, learning disability or other physical disability.
Description
The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days 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 story and press him to tell them "the truth." After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional-but is it more true? Life of Pi is at once a realistic, rousing adventure and a meta-tale of survival that explores the redemptive power of storytelling and the transformative nature of fiction. It's a story, as one character puts it, to make you believe in God. A fabulist novel that combines the delight of Kipling's Just So Stories with the metaphysical adventure of Jonah and the Whale.
Target Audience
830L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.7,16.0,65915.
Study Program Information
Reading Counts RC,High School,7.2,23,Quiz: 32967,Guided reading level: NR.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.7,16,65915.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Martel, Y. (2003). Life of Pi: a novel (First Harvest edition.). Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Martel, Yann. 2003. Life of Pi: A Novel. Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Martel, Yann. Life of Pi: A Novel Harcourt, 2003.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Martel, Yann. Life of Pi: A Novel First Harvest edition., Harcourt, 2003.
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