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The Tiger Rising
By DiCamillo, Kate
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-76360-911-5
- Publisher
- Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2001.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2001
Gr 4-6 A multifaceted story with characters who will tug at readers' hearts. Rob and his father moved to Lister, FL, to try to begin life anew without Rob's mother, who recently died from cancer. The boy goes through his days like a sleepwalker, with little or no visible emotion. "He made all his feelings go inside the suitcase; he stuffed them in tight and then sat on the suitcase and locked it shut." His sadness permeates the story; even the weather, with its constant dreary drizzle is sad. With the arrival of a new student, Sistine Bailey, Rob's self-conta...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
