The Tiger Rising

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Summary: a delightful and dark story
Review: "Tiger Rising" is a tough little story about a 6th grader named Rob Horton who has just moved to Florida with his dad. Rob gets beat up every day by the school bullies, suffers from rashy legs, and keeps all his "not-thoughts" in a locked suitcase in his mind. Enter one Sistine Bailey, a fellow 6th grader with a massive anger management problem, and you have the makings for a wonderful and touching story. Though this book contains darker themes than some of DiCamillo's other work, the story is told with a dash of charm and humor that make the characters irresistible. Adults as well as children should enjoy "Tiger Rising."

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Summary: A Tale of Sorrow, Freedom & Redemption...
Review: All too often Children's books are filled with unoriginal, stock plots and characters who fulfill a role rather than instill a purpose or inspire their readers. The Tiger Rising is just the opposite. Dicamillo is an exquisite writer, who is able to probe and understand the thoughts of young readers and the problems they face.

The Tiger Rising is a book for all ages. The main character, Rob Horton, is an outcast at school, his mother has died, and he lives in a hotel, in Florida, with his father. One day he stumbles upon a tiger locked in a cage in the forest behind is motel. He later befriends a girl named sistine, who is in dire need of friendship, as is Rob, and the two are faced with many life problems throughout the story.

This is a story which strikes the very human condition of freedom, loss, hope, and most importantly friendship. Dicamillo is on top of her game with a story which will ring true to everyone who reads it.

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Summary: The Power of Friendship
Review: An adult reader, I had just finished reading a news story of the young shooter at Santana High School when I opened Kate's Tiger Rising. I was struck by the similarities of that young shooter and Kate's Rob: They were similar in age and each had moved to a new school, where each encountered taunts and ridicule; each had a emotionally distant father and a physically absent mother; each household held guns; each boy kept much pain deep inside. Where the shooter's friendships offered too little, Rob was blessed with a powerful friendship through which he healed himself and perhaps his father as well.

This story has haunted me ever since.Yes, it's a darker tale than Di Camillo's Winn Dixie, but still hopeful and a testament to the kind of friendship we would wish for all our children.

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Summary: Not For Kids
Review: As a 4th grade teacher, I really liked the book (that is the adult in me). I cannot imagine typical 9-10 year olds truly understanding this, though I'm sure I'll be proven wrong by the exceptions.

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Summary: WONDERFUL BOOK FOR THE ADULT READER TOO!!
Review: As a mother of a 9 year old, I like to read the books that she is given as "required reading". I started reading this book and couldn't put it down. While the book is geared for the 9 - 12 year old, there are many sybolisms and layers that are meant for an adult reader. Two thumbs up for this GREAT book!!

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Summary: An intriquing story --
Review: DiCamillo's second effort does not have the ligntness of the wonderful Because of Winn-Dixie, but seems to purposely be a bit darker in character. The book is wonderfully written to make readers think of the cages imposed upon us all by external and internal forces. The characters are wonderfully drawn in lyrical prose that stirs the readers imagination. I was sorry to see the book end, and I look forward to reading more of Ms. DiCamillo's work.

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Summary: Not her best work
Review: Having read Because of Winn-Dixie I was excited to try this one out. It was not at all what I expected. Kate Dicamillo has a fascinating way of writing, and you can see glimpses of that in this work. It just left me thinking huh? The ending was not what I expected or really wanted. Most of my students have felt the same way. Now I tend to stear them away from this one and on to Tale of Desperaux (that is not spelled correctly). These books are a little below my eighth graders reading ability but because of the quality of writing I still encourage them to try them out.

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Summary: Why The Tuger Rising Is The Best!
Review: Here are three of the many reasons why I like The Tiger Rising. First the boy helped this girl that just moved to town to get some friends. He was not to sure he wanted to be her friend. Then he saw how everyone was treating her badly, and he became her friend. Second, how this guy tried to kill the tiger, but the children talked the guy out of doing it. The guy had the tiger in a huge cage and was taking it down to the woods to set it on fire. The children chased after him and told him that it was their best friend, and if he killed it they would never be the same. And he did not kill the tiger. Last is when they all were in the pet shop. The guy fell asleep and all the animals and the tiger got out, and everyone had to help put them back in their cages. Those are three of the main reasons why I like The Tiger Rising.

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Summary: The Tiger Rising
Review: I gave this book 2 stars because it wasn't my kind of book. I thougt it was really slow. This book would of been better if the tiger did not die. I like fast reading books with adventure.

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Summary: Tiger Rising
Review: I give this book a star because it was slow, dumb and hard to understand, it would have been a lot better if the tiger hadn't been shot.