The Tiger Rising
Author(s): Kate DiCamillo
Kate DiCamillo s second novel, a National Book Award finalist, is now available in a beautiful gift edition that features the author s signature stamped on the cover. Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-yearold 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 memories, and heartache, and tigers can t be locked up forever."
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Kate DiCamillo is the author of The Tale of Despereaux, which was awarded the Newbery Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, a Newbery Honor Book; The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner; The Magician s Elephant, a New York Times bestseller; and six books starring Mercy Watson, including the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride. With Alison McGhee, she is also the co-author of Bink & Gollie. Kate DiCamillo lives in Minneapolis."
General Fields
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- : Candlewick Press (Ma)
- : Candlewick Press (Ma)
- : 0.209
- : 08 February 2011
- : 213mm X 128mm X 15mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Kate DiCamillo
- : Hardback