Life of Pi

Life of Pi is a novel by Yann Martel and is 326 pages long.It's about a boy whose father is a zookeeper and works in India. They soon have to move and a Japanese Cargo ship was ready for them. So they all got on and were ready for an adventure. They sure got one. After a couple days in sea the family got into a storm and it was not just some lightning and rain, it was shaking the ocean and was making the boat sink. Pi didn't know that and he was lucky to have been amazed and surprised to go on deck. He lost all of his family. What he did have was a hyena, an orangutan, a zebra, and a 450 pound tiger. The tiger soon gets the others on the boat but Pi was still alive. They go on many adventures together and become great friends until they get to the Mexican border and the tiger is gone from Pi forever.  

The Boy In the Striped Pyjamas

This is a great novel by John Boyne and is 215 pages long. It is about a boy named Bruno who lives in Berlin. Sadly his dad is very high up in the Nazi party and decides to move to Auschwitz next to what Bruno this is a farm. No is was not a farm it was a concentration camp. Bruno meets Shmuel a Jewish boy and they become friends. Bruno plays ball with Bruno and Bruno brings food to Shmuel. In the end they are tricked into a gas chamber and both die.