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| The Tiger Rising |
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author: Kate DiCamillo
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"A lush, exotic little gem--this writer’s a keeper." - Karen Hesse, Newbery
Medal-winning author of OUT OF THE DUST. |
| 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. |
| An extraordinary new novel of friendship by Kate DiCamillo, author of the celebrated debut novel BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE. |
suggested retail price (U.S./CAN):
$15.99 / $19.00 |
isbn-10/isbn-13:
0763609110 / 9780763609115 |
on sale date:
03/2001 |
type/format:
Middle-grade novel / Hard Cover |
age range:
10 yrs and up
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# of pages/size:
128 / 4 3/4" x 8" |
grade range:
Grade 5 and up
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subjects:
Feelings; Friendship; Adolescence; Family Life; |
author’s comments:
Kate DiCamillo says of THE TIGER RISING, "Rob Horton first showed up in a short story I was writing. I finished the story, but apparently Rob wasn’t finished with me. He hung around for weeks afterward, haunting the other stories I was working on. Finally, I said to him, ‘What in the world do you want?’ And he said, ‘I know where there’s a tiger.’ Like Sistine, I said one word back to him, ‘Where?’ THE TIGER RISING is how Rob Horton answered me." |
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