TY - BOOK AU - Martel,Yann TI - Life of Pi: a novel SN - 0151008116 AV - PR9199.3.M3855 L54 2001 U1 - 813/.54 21 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Harcourt KW - Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc KW - Fiction KW - Human-animal relationship KW - Storytelling KW - Teenagers KW - Ocean travel KW - Orphans KW - Tigers KW - Adventure fiction KW - Pacific Ocean KW - Psychological fiction N1 - Wilson's Fiction, April 2003; 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; Adult; Follett Library Resources N2 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/har021/2001039737.ht ml ER -