The Tiger Rising
An extraordinary new novel of friendship by Kate DiCamillo, author of the celebrated debut novel BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE.Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger—a real-life, very large tiger—pacing back and forth in a cage....
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An extraordinary new novel of friendship by Kate DiCamillo, author of the celebrated debut novel BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE.Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger—a real-life, very large tiger—pacing back and forth in a cage. What’s more, on the same extraordinary day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his. As they learn to trust each other, and ultimately, to be friends, Rob and Sistine prove that some things—like memories, and heartache, and tigers—can’t be locked up forever.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780763609115 (0763609110)
Publish date: March 1st 2001
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-CycleThis is one of those books I've been meaning to read for a while. When I finally got a copy it sat on my shelf for months and months and months. Yesterday, I was looking for a quick read and picked this one off the shelf. Fantastic. This is such an ama...
It's that kind of book.While I was reading it i loved it, and once I put it down it just went out of my mind.Not that I remember nothing, but with really great books you keep thinking about them, fighting it over with the author or characters inside your head, returning, reflecting, reliving them ag...
I read this book because my son's fourth grade class was reading it, so I read it along with them so I could discuss it with my son. There were some themes in the book that were definitely apropos to school, like bullying and being the new kid in school. But the thing I kept thinking while readi...
Powerful realistic fiction that pulls at your heart strings. Strong characterization and an interesting setting. Great for intermediate-middle school students. I love using this book as a read aloud for the students in my classroom. Builds empathy and compassion for others.
Beautiful story of friendship, love, loss, and hope.
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