Life of Pi (film) the island is carnivorous after finding a human tooth embedded in a flower. Pi and Richard Parker leave the island, eventually reaching the coast of Mexico. Pi is saddened that Richard Parker does not acknowledge him before disappearing into the jungle. He is rescued and brought to a hospital. Insurance agents for the Japanese freighter company interview him, but do not believe his story and ask what really happened. He tells a different story, in which the animals are replaced by human survivors: his mother for the orangutan, an amiable sailor for the zebra, and the ship's brutish cook for
Life in the Fat Lane (novel) Life in the Fat Lane (novel) Life in the Fat Lane is a novel for young adults written by Cherie Bennett. The novel was included among the American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults. It was published in 1998 by Delacorte Press. In 2000, the novel won the Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List. The novel is included in "The Big Book of Teen Reading Lists", a composed list of inspirational fiction and non-fiction titles divided by age levels. Cherie Bennett obtained the idea of the novel from her readers because she writes about real life issues many young