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The Tiger Rising
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Manufacturer: Candlewick
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780763618988
ISBN: 0763618985
Label: Candlewick
Manufacturer: Candlewick
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2002-07-01
Publisher: Candlewick
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: 2002-07-01
Studio: Candlewick
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The National Book Award finalist from the best-selling author of BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE - now in paperback
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 memories, and heartaches, and tigers - can’t be locked up forever.
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Summary: The Tiger Rising...disappointed
Comment: My 8 year old son picked this book out because he read "Because of Winn-Dixie" and loved it. He and I both thought Tiger Rising fell short of our expectations. Another thing that really annoyed me is that DiCamillo uses profanity in her telling of this story. Her use of the word "Damn" is extremely inappropriate considering this book is being read by children. "Darn" would have worked equally well. He stopped when he got to that word and question me about it...he didn't want to read it out loud. My husband & I are very disappointed that any profanity, no matter how infrequent, would be in a children's book.
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Summary: The wonderfull book
Comment: This book is about this boy robert has like a sickness on his leg. Then a new girl comes to school her name is sinstine.then one day the princaple
said that you cant come to school the moms say that the sickness is contageous.He is so happy he takes the note then buts it in his back pocket.Then one day he told Sinstine about the tiger he had found in a cage.Sinstine told robert to let him go because the owner told him to feed the tiger.Then one day he let the tiger go. Thats all I want to tell you.
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Summary: Quality Literature
Comment: I started off by reading this little jewel to my second grade daughter. Before long, I found myself reading this by myself until the very end. I simply could not put it down! The next day I purchased book group copies for my eighth grade classroom. Di Camillo's writing is eloquent and engaging and her characters leap off the page as you find yourself pulled into their struggles. The Tiger Rising was simply magical. I strongly recommend it for parents, teachers and students who are invested in reading quality literature.
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Summary: A Classroom Review
Comment: As an elementary school teacher, my students and I have truly enjoyed this book. The plot, characters, and setting are all so deep and interesting. My female students liked this book the best. I have used it in read alouds, small groups, and also for individual instruction times. My 4th graders and I give it 2 thumbs up!
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Summary: Straight up without the fluff
Comment: I have to hand it to Kate DiCamillo for this one. After reading Because of Winn-Dixie I was expecting much of the same "fluff" that I found DiCamillo using to make Winn-Dixie the so called "perfect kids book." Nothing bad ever seems to happen, and if it does - fear not - it gets resolved and wrapped up with a neat little bow a few pages later . . . Welcome to the land of Make Believe (or California, whatever).
Much to my pleasant surprise, Tiger Rising is nothing like it's predecessor. Instead of "feel-good fluff," DiCamillo develops realistic emotions and experiences of two young distraught children who slowly (and intensely at times) find themselves reaching out to one another.
The characters have flaws, baggage (enough for a 777), and pure raw emotion that seems to reach out of the page and smack you in the face. DiCamillo isn't afraid to show the reader how this affects the characters, often quite painfully.
This isn't a fairytale, it's real life. There is a beautifully orchestrated climax and a conclusion of sorts - one, I found, that left me with a deepened sense of caring for the characters as many loose ends are still left untied and I was left to seriously contemplate how these experiences would impact their lives.
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