The son of a zookeeper is stranded on a 26-ft. lifeboat with zebra, hyena & tiger in this 2002 book
Ocean, trapped on a 26-foot lifeboat with a wounded zebra, a spotted hyena, ... 
Life of Pi, Yann Martel's second novel, should prove to be a breakout book in the
... [DOC] [TLE] Life of Pi: A Novel - Yann Martel - Google Books [PAR] The precocious son of a zookeeper, 16-year-old Pi Patel is raised in ... Pacific 
Ocean, trapped on a 26-foot lifeboat with a wounded zebra, a spotted hyena, a 
seasick orangutan, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger ... Yann's delight of a novel, 
Life of Pi, is his third book and was the winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for 
Fiction.