The Tiger Rising

Kate DiCamillo

Sep 2009 · Candlewick Press

About this ebook

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 new cover illustration by Stephen Walton.

Ratings and reviews

It's very intense but awesome some time sad and really cool at the same time to people who like adventure and crazy other things I recommend this book although I'm just in the middle of it.💙

I have the actual book and I loved it from the first page its sad exiting and when you really get in the book you can imagine the scene and the characters and the tiger omg 🐯💜💕😘😻💕👍👌👏🐯

It is so good it has love,adventure,drama,action,and it's motional and I love love love animals especially the tiger there beautiful creatures it's just so amazing you should get this book even those who don't like reading and I'm one of those peole!!! ♥♥.

About the author

Kate DiCamillo is one of America’s most beloved storytellers. She is the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and a two-time Newbery Medalist. Born in Philadelphia, she grew up in Florida and now lives in Minneapolis, where she faithfully writes two pages a day, five days a week.