by Lynne Reid Banks · Editorial Bambú · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483432969
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«Tigre, tigre» is the historical young adult novel by Lynne Reid Banks, published in 2013 by Editorial Bambú in paperback (208 pages, in Catalan).
Two tiger cub brothers are captured in the jungle and taken to Rome. Brutus, the stronger one, is locked up and trained to kill in the Colosseum; Caesar gives the smaller one, Botes, to his daughter Aurelia. Julius, a young keeper, teaches Aurelia to win the tiger's trust. A prank that goes wrong triggers the tragedy.
Part of the EXIT collection from Editorial Bambú. Catalan translation by Dolors Udina Belló. Original title: Tiger, Tiger.
Recommended for young readers aged 14 and up and for lovers of historical fiction set in ancient Rome.
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.
