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FIRST TERM BOOK: 'THE TIGER'S WIFE'

'The Tiger's wife' written by Téa Obreth was first published in 2011 by Phoenix fiction and was the winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011.  The author tells the story of Natalia, a young doctor in a goodwill mission to an orphanage in a Balkan country ( could be Bosnia, but the author doesn't tell the name) still scarred by war.  On Natalia's journey to the orphanage she receives the news of her grandfather's death. Her grandmother said that he was on his way to see Natalia, but she doesn't knew anything about the trip. Natalia was worried and upset because she was the only one he'd told of his illness, so she had been keeping secrets. Natalia was very close to her grandfather.  From fragments of stories her grandfather told her as a child, Natalia realizes he may have died searching for the 'deathless man' a vagabond who was said to be immortal. Natalia tries to understand why her grandfather, a man of science, a doctor, would believe that story. She looked for a clue that will lead her to that man and to the extraordinary story of the Tiger's wife.  In 1941, The Second World War, German bombs started falling on the City. A tiger escapes from the city zoo though ruined streets to a Balkan village named Galina. His nocturnal visits terrified the villagers, except one, a boy who thought that the tiger was Shere-Khan awoken from the pages of 'The Jungle Book'. Natalia is the granddaughter of that boy.

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FIRST TERM BOOK: 'THE TIGER'S WIFE'

'The Tiger's wife' , written  by Téa Obreth , was  first published in 2011 by Phoenix fiction and was the winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011.

The  author tells the story of Natalia, a young doctor in a goodwill mission to an orphanage in a Balkan country ( <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">it could <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> be Bosnia, but the author doesn't tell the name) still scarred by <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">war. On <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> Natalia's journey to the orphanage she receives the news of her grandfather's death. Her grandmother <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">had said <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> that he was on his way to see Natalia, but she <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">didn´t know <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> anything about the trip. Natalia was worried and upset because she was the only one he'd told of his illness, so she had been keeping <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">it secret <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">. Natalia was very close to her <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">grandfather.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">From <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> fragments of stories her grandfather <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">had told <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> her as a child, Natalia realizes he may have died searching for the 'deathless man' <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">, a <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> vagabond who was said to be immortal. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Natalia <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> tries to understand why her grandfather, a man of science, a doctor, would believe that story. She <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> looks <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> for a clue that will lead her to that man and to the extraordinary story of the Tiger's <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">wife.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">In <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> 1941, The Second World War, German bombs started falling on the City. A tiger <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">escapes <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> from the city zoo though ruined streets to a Balkan village named Galina. His nocturnal visits terrified the villagers, except one, a boy who thought that the tiger was Shere-Khan awoken from the pages of 'The Jungle Book'. Natalia is the granddaughter of that boy.

=**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Please rewrite your review cutting down on the details of the story (they spoil the reading) and emphasising the aspects of the book your classmates may want to know. For example, is it easy, difficult, has it got lots of new vocabulary,etc. As for the grammar, there are unclear shifts of tenses fron past to present and back, often obscuring the meaning of the story. Pay attention to that when you rewrite the review. **=