by Lynne Reid Banks · Editorial Bambú · tapa dura · ISBN 9788483431153
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«Tigre, tigre» is the historical young adult novel by Lynne Reid Banks, published by Editorial Bambú in hardcover, with 208 pages and text in Catalan.
Two tiger cub brothers are taken from the jungle to ancient Rome. The stronger one, Brutus, lives locked up and is trained to kill in the Colosseum; the Caesar gives the smaller one to his daughter Aurelia. Julius, a young keeper, tries to win the tiger's trust, but a prank that goes wrong triggers the tragedy.
It belongs to the EXIT collection from Editorial Bambú. Translated from English by Dolors Udina Belló; recommended age 14 and up.
For young readers interested in ancient Rome, historical fiction, and stories with animal protagonists.
Lynne Reid Banks was a British author of books for children and adults, including The Indian in the Cupboard, which has sold over 15 million copies and has been successfully adapted to film. Her first novel, The L-Shaped Room, published in 1960, was an instant and lasting best seller. It was later made into a movie of the same name and led to two sequels, The Backward Shadow and Two is Lonely. Banks also wrote a biography of the Brontë family, entitled Dark Quartet, and a sequel about Charlotte Brontë, Path to the Silent Country.
