The Tiger Rising: (A Middle-Grade Novel about Grief, Courage, Friendship, and Finding Your Voice - For Kids Ages 9-11 in Grades 5-6) -- Kate DiCamillo, Paperback

A National Book Award finalist by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo.

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. Featuring a cover illustration by Stephen Walton.

Author: Kate DiCamillo
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 12/08/2015
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780763680879
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 45130 / Tiger Rising

About the Author

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.