Read this book if you like a mystery.
Fancy being called Piscine Molitor Patel all the way through school! So
he shortens his name to Pi. His parents run the local zoo in the French bit of
India. They decide to sell up and move to Canada. The animals are loaded onto a
boat (Noah’s Ark metaphor??). The boat sinks in a storm and Pi ends up in a
lifeboat with a tiger. You know all that because you saw the film trailers. But
what’s really going on? Is the story literal reality? Has he lied to cover up a
horror? Is it that the trauma of bereavement and loneliness has messed with his
mind? Is this really a book about religion? Is Pi a hero or a villain? The
reason I loved it was because there are lots of questions! Please let me know
if you understand it because my household wants answers...
Borrow it
from the school library and read it. I dare you.
