Tiger Tiger
Author: Lynne Reid Banks
Desc: Two tiger cub brothers are torn from the jungle and taken to Rome. The stronger cub is trained as a killer at the Coliseum. Emperor Caesar makes a gift of the smaller cub to his beautiful daughter Aurelia. She adores her cub Boots and Julius a young animal keeper teaches her how to earn the tiger's trust. Boots is pampered while his brother known as Brute lives in a cold and dark cage let out only to kill. Caesar trusts Julius to watch Aurelia and her prized pet. But when a prank backfires Boots temporarily escapes and Julius must pay with his life. Thousands watch as Julius is sent unarmed into the arena to face the killer Brute.