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Kate DiCamillo - The Tiger Rising

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Life changes for 12-year-old Rob Horton when he finds a caged tiger in the woods behind the Kentucky Star Motel. On the very same day, he meets Sistine Bailey and learns how to trust another person for the first time in his life. Nominated for a 2001 National Book Award in the Young People's Literature category.
 

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The Sadness and Beauty of Kate DiCamillio's "The Tiger Rising"

Date of Review:  Sep 10, 2009
The Bottom Line: A beautiful story that will speak to anyone, young or old, who has ever carried a suitcase stuffed with grief.
Review: Rob is one sad little boy. He and his father recently moved from Jacksonville to the small town of Lister, Florida, where the most awful moment of every day is the moment when Rob steps on the school bus. He's bullied by two brothers who sit in the...
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Strong, spare, beautiful prose;...
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So simple and spare it may feel a...
 

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Date of Review:  Nov 25, 2003
The Bottom Line: I recommend this book as a read-aloud between a child and an adult.
Review: I recently read the heart-rending novel, The Tiger Rising, by Newbery Award winner Kate Di Camillo, with my ten year old. The book was required reading for my son as a part of Reading Circle, where a group of similar readers study a literary work...
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Authors Kate DiCamillo
Narrator Dylan Baker
Fiction Genre Family & Relationships • Juvenile Fiction • Nature
Fiction Subgenre Unknown
Awards 2001 National Book Award

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  Ruminator Review: "[N]othing short of perfect. In seamless prose dripping with something of the exotic DiCamillo deftly pivots from isolation to intimacy, from resignation to hope, leaving in her wake a trail of delicate, finely conceived characters who linger long after the narrative's grave and powerful conclusion."

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  Format: Hardcover - Prebinding
Publisher: Bt Bound (December 01, 2003)
Measurements: 8.25"(h) x 6"(w) x 0.5"(d), 0.5 lbs.
ISBN: 9780613669245
 

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