Tiger Rising

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Tiger Rising

Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members

Author: Kate DiCamillo

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Language: English

Published by: Walker Books

Published on: 1st August 2013

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9781406351453


Introduction

It''s six months since Rob''s mum died and he moved to Florida. His dad won''t talk about her at all. "Crying ain''t going to bring her back," he says. So Rob fills a suitcase in his mind with all his forbidden thoughts - the rash on his legs, the bullies at school - and keeps it tight shut.

The Turning Point

But when he finds a caged tiger deep in the woods, his whole life begins to change. That same day he meets Sistine Bailey, another outsider who''s bullied at school.

The Escape

She says they must set the tiger free - and when Rob imagines the tiger rising out of its cage, his suitcase begins to open...

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