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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Rob learns through his friendhip with Sistine that some things can not be kept locked up forever, including memories, heartache and tigers! (  ) khollis | Sep 12, 2009 |  This is a touching little story about coping with loss. I really enjoy the characters this author creates. (  ) readingrat | May 16, 2009 | A deep book. read it in fourth grade. I feel now that that was a mistake. The real meaning of the book went right over my head. ( ) Miranda_Paige | May 5, 2009 | A secret tiger in the woods changes Rob's and Sistine's lives after the two experience separate but equally devastating losses. In the few days this book takes place, we learn how it feels to hurt deeply, both quietly and outwardly, and how to come to terms with these emotions. DiCamillo ingeniously sets tone and mood with every word in this book. It is a quick read, but powerful and beautiful. ( ) saraluisa | Apr 26, 2009 | Rob Horton is a complicated character in Kate DiCamillo's "The Tiger Rising." He 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 behind is motel. He later befriends a girl named Sistine. Throughout the book, the two challenge each other to face conflict and their own demons. The tiger is discovered in a cage, but really serves as a metaphor. This whole novel is about escaping and being imprisoned in personal and public cages. ( ) justinscott66 | Apr 26, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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Something else for Rob to think about is Sistine (as in the chapel), a new city girl with fierce black eyes who challenges him to be honest with her and himself. Spurred by the tiger, events collide to break Rob out of his silent introspection, to form a new friendship with Sistine, a new understanding with his father, and most important, to lighten his heart. This novel is about cages--the consequences of escape as well as imprisonment. The story and symbolism are clear as a bell, and the emotions ring true. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson
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