Virgil Flowers' investigation into the theft of two rare Siberian tigers from the Minnesota Zoo is complicated by a summer visit from his girlfriend's sister, who aims to seduce him.

Pi Patel is an unusual boy--the son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family, along with their zoo animals, emigrates from India to Canada aboard a cargo ship. Halfway to Midway Island, the ship sinks into the Pacific. Pi finds himself alone in a raft, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan,...

Twelve-year-old Andrej, nine-year-old Tomas, and their baby sister Wilma flee their Romany encampment when it is attacked by Germans during World War II, and in an abandoned town they find a zoo where the animals tell their stories, helping the children understand what has become of their lives and what it means to be free.

The competition is on as Lily, a tiger at the local zoo, and Tig, her new housecat roommate who thinks he's a tiger, figure out what it means to be a tiger and a friend.