Life of Pi tranquilizer darts while her cub escapes hiding in a bush. Parker names the cub Thirsty after his enthusiasm when drinking from a nearby river. The paperwork that accompanies the shipment of the two tigers to Pi's family's zoo in Pondicherry states that the cub's name is "Richard Parker" and the hunter's given name is "Thirsty" and his surname is "None Given", due to a mix-up with the names. Pi's father finds the story so amusing that they continue to call the tiger "Richard Parker". Brian Bethune of "Maclean's" describes "Life of Pi" as a "head-scratching combination of dense religious allegory,
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