The Tiger Rising

Kate DiCamillo

Candlewick Press, 2001 - Juvenile Fiction - 116 pages

"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."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Contents

• Section 1: 5
• Section 2: 8
• Section 3: 14

About the author

Kate DiCamillo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 25, 1964. She received an English degree from the University of Florida. At the age of thirty, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and worked for a book warehouse on the children's floor. After working there for four and a half years, she fell in love with children's books and began writing. DiCamillo wrote the 2001 Newbery-honor book, Because of Winn-Dixie, which was adapted into a film in 2005. In 2004, she won the Newbery Medal for The Tale of Despereaux, which was also adapted into a movie in 2008, and for Flora and Ulysses in 2013. Her other works include the Mercy Watson series, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and The Magician's Elephant. She was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress for the term 2014-2015. Kate's title, Raymie Nightingale, mde the New York Times bestseller list in 2016.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Tiger Rising
• Author: Kate DiCamillo
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Candlewick Press, 2001
• ISBN: 043938995X, 9780439389952
• Length: 116 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Animals / General; Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Lions, Tigers, Leopards, etc; Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / General; Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Friendship