Thursday, January 27, 2011

The Tiger Rising

by Kate DiCamillo
PRMS paperback 116 pages
genre: YA coming of age, grief

Rob's mom has died and his grief is compounded by being picked on by the kids at his school. Then he meets Sistine Baily, an angry girl who challenges everyone and everything. Rob's tiger (literal and figurative) play a powerful role in this book. The sixth grade book club will discuss this. Great story!

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