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Kate DiCamillo (Author)
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Release Date: July 1 2002
The National Book Award finalist from the best-selling author of BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE - now in paperback

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 heartaches, and tigers - can’t be locked up forever.

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Kate DiCamillo's first novel Because of Winn-Dixie won a Newbery Honor in 2000 for the no-nonsense charm and wisdom of its down-home young heroine, Opal. Also set in Florida, The Tiger Rising is more of a short story in scope, the tale of 12-year-old Rob Horton who finds a caged tiger in the woods behind the Kentucky Star Motel where he lives with his dad. The tiger is so incongruous in this setting, Rob views the apparition as some sort of magic trick. Indeed, the tiger triggers all sorts of magic in Rob's life--for one thing, it takes his mind off his recently deceased mother and the itchy red blisters on his legs that the wise motel housekeeper, Willie May, says is a manifestation of the sadness that Rob keeps "down low."

Something else for Rob to think about is Sistine (as in the chapel), a new city girl with fierce black eyes who challenges him to be honest with her and himself. Spurred by the tiger, events collide to break Rob out of his silent introspection, to form a new friendship with Sistine, a new understanding with his father, and most important, to lighten his heart. This novel is about cages--the consequences of escape as well as imprisonment. The story and symbolism are clear as a bell, and the emotions ring true. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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After Rob's mother dies, he and his father move to a new town to get a fresh start, he discovers a caged tiger in the woods. An emotionally rich story about a boy caught in the powerful grip of grief. Ages 8-up.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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4.0 out of 5 stars So close to perfection... so far Dec 4 2003
By E. R. Bird TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
This was a well-crafted book in many ways, and a flawed piece of literature in many others. I've rarely read such an honest acceptance of the ways kids act at school. Moreover, the realistic ways in which Rob, the protagonist, and Sistine, his new friend, deal with grief is fantastic. Most characterizations were right on the money. Though seen only briefly, I loved the portrayal of Sistine's mother. I've met women like that. Unfortunately, DiCamillo falls into a trap so many writers and screenwriters have fallen into before. She has inserted "the magical black friend" found in many a modern text. Such characters usually don't show any weaknesses (or if they do they're either vaguely eluded to or not their own fault) and serve simply as enormous founts of wisdom and patience. While the character of Willie May does come right out and say that she is not a prophetess, she may as well be. She's never wrong and she serves the infuriating purpose of showing the white people how to work through their emotions. And while I like that DiCamillo even had a black person in the book, one with a little more complexity beyond serving the plot would have been nice. The book is rather similar to "Bridge to Terabithia", in terms of a new girl opening a boy's eyes to a world of possibilities. Recommended with reservations.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Tiger Rising May 14 2002
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Format:Hardcover
I give this book a star because it was slow, dumb and hard to understand, it would have been a lot better if the tiger hadn't been shot.
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2.0 out of 5 stars The Tiger Rising May 14 2002
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Format:Hardcover
I gave this book 2 stars because it wasn't my kind of book. I thougt it was really slow. This book would of been better if the tiger did not die. I like fast reading books with adventure.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Work of Art
The Tiger Rising is an incredible book! I read it to my daughters and we just couldn't stop reading. Read more
Published on April 22 2005 by A Book Buff
5.0 out of 5 stars AGAIN AND AGAIN
Kate DiCamillo has done it again. Along the same lines as "Because of Winn-Dixie" this story gets deep into the heart of it's main character. Read more
Published on July 15 2004 by Alicia G. Moree
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Rob Horton, a young, brave boy who is about to find something amazing in his life. As he lives in the "Kentucky Star Motel" with his dad, and he finds a tiger in the back of the... Read more
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Tiger Rising, by Kate DiCamillo, is about a girl named Sistine who has just moved to a town in Florida, and meets a boy named Rob. Read more
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Published on Mar 1 2004 by rocky
5.0 out of 5 stars The Tiger Rising
I must say that I love the book. It was very good but, the only thing bad is the southern words that was put in it, but other than that i must say this is one of my favorit books.
Published on Oct 30 2003 by stephen
2.0 out of 5 stars Much better alternatives are available
I must confess that I was really not all that impressed with this book. It was little more than a nice children's story with pretty good character development, but it seems that... Read more
Published on July 11 2003 by D. Collier
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In the book The Tiger Rising a boy named Rob Horton is just getting adapted to the new changes that has been happening in his life. Read more
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