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The Tiger Rising
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...more
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...more
Paperback, 128 pages
Published
July 1st 2002
by Candlewick Press
(first published 2001)
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this author probably gives out prunes to kids on halloween. this is the second of her books i have read, and it's another depressing one. it's true, both of them end on sortof upbeat themes like the redemptive power of love (once you are so broken and disfigured it's almost not even worth it) or the liberating feeling of overcoming grief (after so much death and senseless destruction that no one really cares about your tiny feelings) so yeah - little happy afterthoughts. but they are hardly a ba...more
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Mungkin ada beberapa dari kita yang pernah atau masih menyimpan 'harimau' di dalam hatinya. Harimau itu bisa berupa kesedihan, kemarahan, kepahitan, pemberontakan, dan berbagai macam lagi yang terus dipendam dalam hati sampai berkarat, dan akhirnya menyedot sisa kehidupan yang kita miliki.
The Tiger Rising mengisahkan seorang anak lelaki, Rob Horton, yang berjuang melawan kesedihannya karena ditinggal ibunda tercinta. Rob samp...more
Mungkin ada beberapa dari kita yang pernah atau masih menyimpan 'harimau' di dalam hatinya. Harimau itu bisa berupa kesedihan, kemarahan, kepahitan, pemberontakan, dan berbagai macam lagi yang terus dipendam dalam hati sampai berkarat, dan akhirnya menyedot sisa kehidupan yang kita miliki.
The Tiger Rising mengisahkan seorang anak lelaki, Rob Horton, yang berjuang melawan kesedihannya karena ditinggal ibunda tercinta. Rob samp...more
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I should preface this by saying that I usually love Kate DiCamillo. Although the book was very short, the characters were well developed. Here's the kicker for me: it read like a school book. Let's all talk about the tiger's death and whether it had to happen. Should Rob have done anything differently? etc. The setting is a little strange, almost like the book is set in a bubble. I don't mind this-- it gives it a timeless quality that many classic children's books have-- but it makes...more
I should preface this by saying that I usually love Kate DiCamillo. Although the book was very short, the characters were well developed. Here's the kicker for me: it read like a school book. Let's all talk about the tiger's death and whether it had to happen. Should Rob have done anything differently? etc. The setting is a little strange, almost like the book is set in a bubble. I don't mind this-- it gives it a timeless quality that many classic children's books have-- but it makes...more
Sometimes when I pick a read-aloud for my students I have one student in mind who I hope it touches. I was surprised by who connected to this short sad story. Beatriz is not my class star. She is not a trouble maker or time-taker either. She loved this book and today as I finished it and we spent sometime reflecting on it she surprised me by being the one student who really got that this story isn't really about a tiger. They key word in the title is actually "rising".
This book is the first rea...more
This book is the first rea...more
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Wow. I'm quite speechless. This book is simply such an amazing book. Although the storyline particularly for me was a bit boring, but the meaning and the metaphors from this book were extraordinary! I didn't like how the author killed the tiger at the end but I understand why she did, it made it more powerful. I for one, did not clearly understand this meaning... a bit confusing for me. Another thing that I thought would happen was if the rash did go away after he let out his sadness. The book d...more
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The Tiger Rising is a sensitive story about two children, Rob and Sistine, who have each lost a parent, and their discovery of a caged tiger in the woods. The book follows their growing friendship and frustration about their lives and what to do about the tiger. Before long it becomes apparent that, although the tiger does exist, it is a metaphor for their emotional pain from losing a parent. They each must confront their own caged tiger in order to move forward with life. While the book is well...more
Jun 10, 2013
Lesly
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This book is about a boy name Rob that lives in a house with his father. Rob doesn’t have any siblings and robs mother past away. Rob was really hurt when his mother died. Now that he only lives with his dad, his dads makes him tough, work, and go to school. One day Rob goes to school and meets a girl name Sistine. Rob and Sistine eventually became good friends. One day Rob was waking around his house and met up with the guy that owns the place where he lives. The man asks him for a favor, to fe...more
A boy named Rob lived in a poor town, he had to go to school but he hates school because there are 2 bullies in the school that always bully him. Also, his mother pasted away. He stuffed all his feelings inside his suitcase and closed it. When he was waiting for the bus one day, he walked into the woods and wished he would get lost or got eaten by a bear so he doesn’t have to go to school. Instead of seeing a bear, he saw a glowing tiger locked in a cage. Then he put the tiger on top of the sui...more
I have mixed feelings about this book. As DiCamillo’s other stories, this book has a gloomy tone that reflects the depression and struggles of the main characters. It has the makings of a powerful story, but because of the heavy nature of the sadness and loneliness the characters experience, it makes it difficult to want to read. I was able to easily relate to the characters, although not necessarily in a positive light, but the actual development of the story was slow and bleak. I found myself...more
Rob’s mother has died of cancer and he and his father move to Florida looking to find a new life. Rob is terribly unhappy when he meets someone else new at school, Sistine, who is also struggling with the hope that her father is going to come and get her. When Rob discovers a caged tiger in the woods, the events that follow will allow him to understand what it means to be free, to open up and forge a friendship with Sistine, learn to forgive his father, and deal with his grief. "Rob had a way of...more
I didn't devour this DiCamillo - and maybe that's because I have read others that I absolutely loved. The characters (in other works) were so richly developed, they lived in my head for weeks afterward. But in this book, they simply floated away after the last page. It was disappointing. So much so, I didn't even recommend it for the kiddos - I just quietly returned it to the library bag.
Although there were flashes of brilliance, moments where the characters showed depth and feeling, along with...more
Although there were flashes of brilliance, moments where the characters showed depth and feeling, along with...more
This a great realistic fiction book about a boy named Rob Horton who's mother died, his rash on his leg being a disease, moving away from his home, and the bullies Norton and Billy picking on him. Rob life for him is a horror film and it never ends. Rob lives with his dad in a small apartment in Florida called Kentucky star.
It all started when he saw a tiger in the woods by his apartment and thought the tiger would protect him and make his worries go away. After that he would "keep the suitcase...more
It all started when he saw a tiger in the woods by his apartment and thought the tiger would protect him and make his worries go away. After that he would "keep the suitcase...more
The content in Tiger Rising is realistic and presented honestly. Rob’s mother’s death in particular is examined in a way that shows how different people react and cope with death. Rob’s attempt to keep his feelings locked up and his father’s inability to talk about his late wife are both realistic ways that people deal with the death of a loved one. The characters do develop over time in the book which results in a more mature and positive way of dealing with death. Through his relationships wit...more
The human characters are written with vibrancy. Their individual voices, mannerisms and personalities jump off the pages. For a book that doesn't have many pages to use, I think DiCamillo has done an extraordinary job bringing them to life. The book is short and succinct, it does not waste words. But . . . I wish it would have given more words to the tiger. "The Tyger" by William Blake is a great poem. Was referencing it a sort of short-cut to stirring up feelings that the reader could associate...more
The Tiger Rising is one of those books with a bullied main character who tugs at your heart. Rob is a misfit whose mother has recently died. His father has moved their family of two to a motel in Florida to try to escape her memory. With hours on the same day, Rob finds two fantastic creatures who will help him find his voice: a caged tiger and a new girl named Sistine.
I enjoyed this book. In fact, I almost loved it. The writing is spare and poetic, and the images drift between gritty and ethere...more
I enjoyed this book. In fact, I almost loved it. The writing is spare and poetic, and the images drift between gritty and ethere...more
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The Tiger Rising is the story of Rob and how his life . He and his dad recently moved into a Kentucky Star motel seemingly to escape their old life and home where the memory of Rob's now deceased mom was too much. At his new school, Rob is bullied mercilessly. He doesn't do much to fight back, but he also doesn't cry. It seems he's cried out. Then one day, Sistine Bailey comes to school. She also is the target of bullying, and for whatever reason Rob feels a connection to her and stands up for h...more
DiCamillo, K. (2001). The Tiger Rising. Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.
Gr. 4-6. Rob and his father are starting a new life in Florida. One day, walking in the forest behind the motel they live in, Rob discovers a caged tiger; he tries to keep it a secret, but just can’t keep it to himself. When he meets Sistine, the two become friends and devise a plan for freeing the tiger – after all, nothing that beautiful can stay caged forever.
Curriculum: This is a good book to use to talk about symbolism....more
Gr. 4-6. Rob and his father are starting a new life in Florida. One day, walking in the forest behind the motel they live in, Rob discovers a caged tiger; he tries to keep it a secret, but just can’t keep it to himself. When he meets Sistine, the two become friends and devise a plan for freeing the tiger – after all, nothing that beautiful can stay caged forever.
Curriculum: This is a good book to use to talk about symbolism....more
This book by Kate DiCamillo is about loss, friendship, family, and the choices we make every day.
Kate DiCamillo, the Newbery honor author for Because of Winn-Dixie, gives a brief view into the shattered lives of two children. In The Tiger Rising Rob and Sistine meet on the Florida school bus that is their vehicle of torment. Instead of being a haven from their troubled homes it is a place of cruelty and violence inflicted by other students. The teachers and staff of their school offer only negle...more
Kate DiCamillo, the Newbery honor author for Because of Winn-Dixie, gives a brief view into the shattered lives of two children. In The Tiger Rising Rob and Sistine meet on the Florida school bus that is their vehicle of torment. Instead of being a haven from their troubled homes it is a place of cruelty and violence inflicted by other students. The teachers and staff of their school offer only negle...more
This has all the makings of a powerful story, but the heavy atmosphere of sadness and loneliness made it a struggle for me to get through. DiCamillo does a really good job, at the beginning, of capturing the feeling of alienation of the main character. But as the story progressed I found myself struggling through a fog of...bleakness...continually hoping for "brighter days ahead." I lay a good portion of this feeling on the reader, unfortunately. The southern accent was flawless, but for a child...more
The author also wrote the book Tale of Desperaux which recently made it into a movie. The Tiger Rising, a National Book Award finalist, has a darker tone than Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn-Dixie, a 2001 Newbery Honor Book. The characters are dealing with some weighty issues: grief, anger, and isolation. Twelve-year-old Rob Horton and his father moved to Lister, Florida six months ago after the death of Rob's mother from cancer. They are barely eking out a living at the Kentucky Star Motel whe...more
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A few years ago my friends Dad was hit by a car and was rushed to the hospital in Boston where later was pronounced dead. When I got home from school I felt very bad for him and my mom told me I should go see how he was doing when I got to his house he didn’t seem sad at all. Also he didn’t let any of his emotions out and one time we were playing football and one kid tackled him and he got hurt so at that point he was very mad so he let all his anger and emotions rise up.
In The Tiger Rising by...more
In The Tiger Rising by...more
This story is begun of one of its main figure, Rob Horton, child 12 year that cohabit its father at kentucky Star's old motel at Lister, Fluoride. His mother have so long deceased. at school, since stolid Rob character and solitary and has blister disease tingle at its foot makes Rob ever as friend jeer materials it. Even all its friend do that action, Rob don't try buck or crying childlike on generically. And is life adagio dim Rob starts changed after arrival Sistine Bailey, girl 12 year that...more
From Scarlett's bookshelf, this National Book Award Finalist is a close third person narration, with occasional dips into omniscience. Rob Horton and his father have moved from Jacksonville, Florida to Lister, Florida in an attempt to get some distance from the cancer death of Caroline, Rob's mother. It's been six months, and Rob is picked on by bullies at school. He keeps all his emotions in an imaginary suitcase that he never allows to open.
The novel opens with him seeing a caged tiger in the...more
The novel opens with him seeing a caged tiger in the...more
I’ve read several of Kate DiCamillo’s novels, and I use two of them with my students. I was hoping that The Rising Tiger would be one that I could add to my repertoire, but I’m afraid that I really didn’t care for it. I found the characters to be underdeveloped. I know that Rob and his father have suffered through a tragedy, but I didn’t learn much more about them beyond that. As a result, I didn’t really bond with them. I felt the same way about Sistine. She’s a flashy character in the way she...more
Kate DiCamillo, the Newbery honor author for Because of Winn-Dixie, gives a brief view into the shattered lives of two children. In The Tiger Rising Rob and Sistine meet on the Florida school bus that is their vehicle of torment. Instead of being a haven from their troubled homes it is a place of cruelty and violence inflicted by other students. The teachers and staff of their school offer only neglect.
Rob has locked away his feelings and memories. Literally struck from grieving for his dead mot...more
Rob has locked away his feelings and memories. Literally struck from grieving for his dead mot...more
This is the third DiCamillo book I have read. I really enjoyed both "The Magician's Elephant" and "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane". I liked this book too, although not as much as the others of hers that I have read.
Rob Horton's mom died and then his dad decided they should move to Florida, where they currently reside in the Kentucky Derby Star Motel. Rob has a perpetual rash on his legs, and is constantly being beat up by the boys at school. His gloomy life changes when two things happe...more
Rob Horton's mom died and then his dad decided they should move to Florida, where they currently reside in the Kentucky Derby Star Motel. Rob has a perpetual rash on his legs, and is constantly being beat up by the boys at school. His gloomy life changes when two things happe...more
This is a small book that packs a great deal of whallop! It is beautifully written and filled with symbolic images.
Twelve year old Rob Horton is hurting. His mother died and his father refuses to discuss the loss. Moving from their previous home and living in a run down hotel where his father is the care taker is difficult.
Lacking emotional support, while pushing down the pain, Rob develops a nasty rash. He is ridiculed and beaten by class mates. He is tremendously vulnerable.
When a new girl arr...more
Twelve year old Rob Horton is hurting. His mother died and his father refuses to discuss the loss. Moving from their previous home and living in a run down hotel where his father is the care taker is difficult.
Lacking emotional support, while pushing down the pain, Rob develops a nasty rash. He is ridiculed and beaten by class mates. He is tremendously vulnerable.
When a new girl arr...more
Reviewed by Rusty Key Writer: Jordan B. Nielsen
Recommended for: EVERYONE aged twelve and up, both boys and girls. There are some adult themes, and mild, but poignant violence, which will probably be more affecting to those over twenty than the younger set, who might not feel its full force.
One Word Summary: Radiant
Oh Kate, you’ve done it again. The words ‘Kate DiCamillo’ are becoming more than just a name, but a state of being. If you’re feeling a little ‘Kate DiCamillo’, chances are you’re a b...more
Recommended for: EVERYONE aged twelve and up, both boys and girls. There are some adult themes, and mild, but poignant violence, which will probably be more affecting to those over twenty than the younger set, who might not feel its full force.
One Word Summary: Radiant
Oh Kate, you’ve done it again. The words ‘Kate DiCamillo’ are becoming more than just a name, but a state of being. If you’re feeling a little ‘Kate DiCamillo’, chances are you’re a b...more
The Tiger Rising, by Kate DiCamillo, is a very touching story about a 12 year old boy named Rob Horton, whose father decides to move to Florida with Rob following the death of his wife/Rob's mother in attempts to escape the pain of losing her. Concurrently, a 12 year old girl named Sistine moves to Florida with her mother, who is running away from a pain of a different sort; the devastation of a broken marriage due to her husband's infidelity.
Rob and Sistine befriend one another, each a victim o...more
Rob and Sistine befriend one another, each a victim o...more
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Kate DiCamillo spent most of her childhood in the South, and moved to Minnesota when she was in her twenties. She was inspired to write Because of Winn-Dixie, her first novel, during a bout of homesickness one brutally cold winter. The book was an immediate success: it is a Newbery Honor Book, has won more than twenty-five state awards, and has been made into a popular family film. Kate DiCamillo’...more
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