Use words from the check these words box in their correct form to complete the sentences.

...(to put it)... down before I ...(had read)... it cover to cover. The book tells the unusual story of a sixteen year old boy, Pi. As Pi ...(is making)... to voyage from India to Canada on a boat full of zoo animals, his boat sinks. Being the only human survivor, he finds ...(himself)... sharing a lifeboat with a menagerie of creatures, including a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan.
Although the book ...(is written)... in a fairly simple style, it examines some very complex themes. In fact, the novel reads like a fable or a fairy tale as it ...(discusses)... the question of faith and belief.
If you read only one good book this year, I would strongly recommend Martel's life of Pi. The writer ...(has come)... up with a story that is enlightening, humorous and therefore highly entertaining.