Tiger, Tiger

Physical description: 230p. ; 20 cm. Summary: Two tigers. One city. Two very different lives. A compelling story about friendship, brotherhood and battling against the odds. In Ancient Rome Caesar is almighty and his power is played out in the gladiatorial arena, where animals and men are baited, challenged and destroyed. Two tiger cubs have been kidnapped from the jungle. One is tamed and de-clawed for pampered life as an exotic pet for Aurelia, Caesar's daughter, but the other is cruelly caged and made even more brutal, trained to fight and kill. When a childish prank goes awry, Boots escapes. Furious Caesar sentences Julius to death in the arena and Boots is to face the same fate. So the two tigers are reunited in the gladiatorial ring, one a cosseted pet, the other a vicious predator. Subject: Tiger - Juvenile fiction. Rome - History - Social life and customs - Juvenile fiction. Adventure stories ; Animal stories. Historical / Ancient Civilizations. Series: Essential modern classics. Genre: Children's stories. Historical fiction. Novel. text.