Tiger, Tiger, Lynne Reid Banks
Tiger, Tiger, Lynne Reid Banks
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Tiger, Tiger

Author: Lynne Reid Banks

Narrator: Jan Francis

Unabridged: 5 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/14/2005


Synopsis

Two tiger cub brothers are torn from the jungle and taken to Rome. The stronger cub is trained as a killer at the Coliseum. Emperor Caesar makes a gift of the smaller cub to his beautiful daughter, Aurelia. She adores her cub, Boots. Julius, a young animal keeper, teaches Aurelia how to earn Boots’s trust. Boots is pampered while his brother, known as Brute, lives in the cold and darkness, let out only to kill. Caesar trusts Julius to watch Aurelia and her prized pet. But when a prank backfires, Boots temporarily escapes and Julius must pay with his life. Thousands watch as Julius is sent unarmed into the arena to face the killer Brute.

About The Author

Lynne Reid Banks is the bestselling author of many popular books for children and adults. She lives in Dorset, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Robert

Tiger, Tiger is historical fiction that while written with younger readers in mind, like the best middle grade works, is a book meant to be enjoyed by adults as well. The trick, as always, is a good story well-told, and content that would be of interest to any reader at any stage in their life. It's......more

Goodreads review by Grace

Alright, this book was...odd. There's a lot about it I really liked, but the threads of plot seemed to sprawl around aimlessly instead of pulling together into any cohesive story. Sometimes that works for me, but in this book it just...didn't. The premise itself is very, very cool. the story follows......more


Quotes

“…[a] gripping, tantalizing examination of power, sacrifice, and mercy.”
- Publishers Weekly, starred