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“Trust (friendship), breathtaking, and emotional.”
Reading age
10-12
Genre
Realistic fiction
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication date
August 30, 2009
My brief summary of the Tiger Rising
Rob Horton, a twelve-year-old motherless boy, sees a strange thing in the woods one morning. It is a tiger in a cage! No tiger lives in Florida, much less in the woods. A new girl broads Rob’s bus later that morning. She is Sistine Bailey, and she has mixed feelings about Rob. Rob must stay at home for a few days due to the rash in his legs. Soon, Rob and Sistine start to trust each other and become friends. They must decide what to do with the tiger.
My thoughts
This book is breathtaking and emotional because it talks about death, which is hard to talk about. I felt sad at some points in the story. Rob is a special boy because he sets himself apart from the other boys, which I like. I wasn’t sure about Sistine, but now I think she is wise and develops great ideas.
This book is filled with beautiful similes and metaphors—another great DiCamillo book but not my favorite.
My rating
About the author
“Ms. Kate DiCamillo, named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature is the author of many books and two-time Newbery Medals winner. Now she has almost 30 million books in print worldwide and faithfully writes two pages a day, five days a week.” – Amazon
More by Kate DiCamillo
- Because of Winn-Dixie
- The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
- The Beatryce Prophecy ; my review here.
- Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
- Louisiana’s Way Home
- and so many more.
