The Tiger Rising, Kate DiCamillo
The Tiger Rising, Kate DiCamillo
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The Tiger Rising

Author: Kate DiCamillo

Narrator: Dylan Baker

Unabridged: 2 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/11/2006


Synopsis

From the best-selling author of Because of Winn-Dixie comes the moving story of an eleven-year-old-boy, Rob Horton, who finds a caged tiger in the woods behind the hotel where he lives with his father. With the help of his new friend, Sistine Bailey, Rob must decide what to do with his discovery and at the same time come to terms with his past.

About The Author

Kate DiCamillo is the author of the first four stories starring Mercy Watson. She is also the author of The Tale of Despereaux, which won the Newbery Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, which received a Newbery Honor; The Tiger Rising, a National Book Award Finalist; The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, winner of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; and the picture book Great Joy. She lives in Minneapolis.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Megan on April 06, 2009

Sometimes when I pick a read-aloud for my students I have one student in mind who I hope it touches. I was surprised by who connected to this short sad story. Beatriz is not my class star. She is not a trouble maker or time-taker either. She loved this book and today as I finished it and we spent so......more

Goodreads review by karen on May 22, 2021

this author probably gives out prunes to kids on halloween. this is the second of her books i have read, and it's another depressing one. it's true, both of them end on sortof upbeat themes like the redemptive power of love (once you are so broken and disfigured it's almost not even worth it) or the......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on July 09, 2011

I’ve read several of Kate DiCamillo’s novels, and I use two of them with my students. I was hoping that The Rising Tiger would be one that I could add to my repertoire, but I’m afraid that I really didn’t care for it. I found the characters to be underdeveloped. I know that Rob and his father have s......more

Goodreads review by The Rusty Key on October 26, 2010

Reviewed by Rusty Key Writer: Jordan B. Nielsen Recommended for: EVERYONE aged twelve and up, both boys and girls. There are some adult themes, and mild, but poignant violence, which will probably be more affecting to those over twenty than the younger set, who might not feel its full force. One Word......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn Marie on March 30, 2022

A new favorite book from an old favorite writer!......more