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The
Tiger Rising
By
Kate DiCamillo
Rob Horton has recently moved with his father from
Jacksonville to a dumpy motel in Lister, Florida. Ever since his mother's death,
Rob has packed up his feelings in a "suitcase" and clamped it down tight. He is
determined that nothing will make him cry again--not the bullies who torment him
at his new school, not the ugly, itchy rash on his legs, and especially not
missing his mother. Then two extraordinary things happen. First, Rob discovers a
real-life caged tiger in the woods behind the motel where he lives. On that same
day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a feisty, independent-minded girl who lets her
feelings out as readily as Rob holds his in. As Rob and Sistine learn to trust
each other, and eventually become friends, they prove that some things--like
memories, and heartache, and tigers--can't be locked up forever.
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