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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf,
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Based on a true event, an intimate and harrowing novel about the last man in Cardiff to be sentenced to death In Cardiff, Wales in 1952, Mahmood Mattan, a young Somali sailor, is accused of a crime he did not commit: the brutal killing of Violet Volacki, a shopkeeper from Tiger Bay. At first, Mahmood believes he can ignore the fingers pointing his way; he may be a gambler and a petty thief, but he is no murderer. He is a father of three, secure in...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
xii, 319 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
403 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
n 1917, deep in the snowy mountains of occupied Korea, an impoverished local hunter on the brink of starvation saves a young Japanese officer from an attacking tiger. In an instant, their fates are connected—and from this encounter unfolds a saga that spans half a century.
In the aftermath, a young girl named Jade is sold by her family to Miss Silver’s courtesan school, an act of desperation that will cement her place in the lowest social status....