Tiger, Tiger
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4.9 • 8 Ratings
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- £3.49
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- £3.49
Publisher Description
Two tigers. One city. Two very different lives.
A compelling story about friendship, brotherhood and battling against the odds.
In Ancient Rome Caesar is almighty and his power is played out in the gladiatorial arena, where animals and men are baited, challenged and destroyed.
Two tiger cubs have been kidnapped from the jungle. One is tamed and de-clawed for pampered life as an exotic pet for Aurelia, Caesar's daughter, but the other is cruelly caged and made even more brutal, trained to fight and kill.
Princess Aurelia loves her pet tiger, Boots, and grows ever more fond of his keeper, Julius. But when a childish prank goes awry, Boots escapes. Furious Caesar sentences Julius to death in the arena… and Boots is to face the same fate.
So the two tigers are reunited in the gladiatorial ring, one a cosseted pet, the other a vicious predator. In a world dominated by Caesar's will, all must fight for freedom.
Reviews
“Tiger, Tiger burns brightly to the very last page, and long afterwards too.” Michael Morpurgo
Praise for The Indian in the Cupboard:
“An assured piece of storytelling, well able to stand comparison with older classics.”
Times Educational Supplement
“Enthralling and hair-raising reading.” TLS
Praise for The Secret of the Indian:
“There have been many famous stories in which children’s toys come alive: this book is in the same great tradition.” School Library Association
Praise for The Key to the Indian:
“…a swiftly moving, tightly plotted, exciting, funny tale, which will keep the reader firmly hooked and frantically turning the pages.” Carousel
About the author
Lynne Reid Banks is a best-selling author for children and adults. Her classic children’s novel ‘The Indian in the Cupboard’ has sold nearly six million copies worldwide. She was born in London in 1929 and worked as an actress, writer and TV news reporter. Lynne has written thirty books: her first, ‘The L-Shaped Room’, was published in 1960. She now lives in Dorset, where she continues to write. Lynne says that writing for children comes much more easily than writing for adults.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"She felt dimly that the true power was to withhold the death stroke, to let the creature go when you could have killed it." This observation by Aurelia, Caesar's daughter, aptly summarizes the central theme of Banks's (The Indian in the Cupboard) gripping, tantalizing examination of power, sacrifice and mercy. At the novel's start, two brother tiger cubs are taken from their native land and brought to ancient Rome. The older, larger one becomes a celebrated killer in the circuses held at the Colosseum, while the younger becomes the pampered and adored pet of Aurelia, who names him Boots. Aurelia's warm feelings soon extend to the cub's keeper as well, a handsome young slave named Julius. But even the novel's most idyllic scenes, set in the sheltered luxury of the Emperor's palace, are infused with a nearly unbearable slow-boiling sense of anxiety, thanks to the ominous shadow of the brutal circus. When Aurelia's weak and selfish cousin Marcus devises a prank to play on Julius and Boots, he sets into motion a series of events that forever changes the lives of the three youngsters and the tiger brothers. Thrilling in its compassion and tinged with bittersweetness, the novel's conclusion leaves plenty of questions enticingly unanswered, providing ample material for thoughtful readers to ponder. Ages 12-up.
Customer Reviews
Tiger Tiger
A beautiful story, so sad! Lynne Reid Bank's other works are really worth reading too - try the Indian in the cupboard series and I, Houdini.
Wow
It tore my heart in two!!!!wat an amazing book.well worth it