Walker/Canongate is delighted to present a young adult edition of the Booker-prize winning modern classic, Life of Pi. One boy, one boat, one tiger... After the tragic 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 zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan - and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction in recent years.

 

This book was recognised by the Booker Award for Fiction. It was recognised in the Scene It, Read it category by the Coventry Inspiration Book Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 14+ years.

There are 352 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Walker Books Ltd .

Yann Martel was born in Spain in 1963, of Canadian parents. Life of Pi, his second novel, was published to international acclaim in over forty countries and won the 2002 Booker Prize. He has also written a number of short story collections, including The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios.