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The Tiger Rising
(a Middle-grade Novel About Grief, Courage, Friendship, and Finding Your Voice - for Kids Ages 9-11 in Grades 5-6)
Kate DiCamillo
Candlewick Press · Print & ebook · December 8, 2015
Reading lane: Loss & Grief
A National Book Award finalist by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Feelings Uncaged
A misty-woods encounter opens a tender story about friendship, heartache, and what cannot stay hidden.
Come here for
- A real tiger and an unexpected friendship
- Two children with very different ways of showing feeling
Expect
- A thoughtful middle-grade story about memory and heartache
- Quiet courage as trust grows
Book Details
- Authors
- Kate DiCamillo
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- December 8, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Loss & Grief · Violence & Safety
- Reading lane
- Loss & Grief
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Publisher Categories
Big Cats
Parent-Child Stories
New Experiences
About This Book
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...
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