<Tr> <Th> OCLC </Th> <Td> 43115159 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Tiger Rising is a 2001 children's book written by Newbery Medal winning author Kate DiCamillo.It is about a 12 - year - old named Rob Horton who finds a caged tiger in the center of the woods near his home . The book was a National Book Award Finalist . </P> <P> Rob Horton is 12 years old and lives with his father in a Florida motel called the Kentucky Star . His father (named Robert), and Rob have recently moved to Lister, Florida, after the death of Rob's mother, Caroline . Rob is quiet and often is bullied at school . Things begin to change when Rob discovers a tiger in the forest (locked up in a cage) while wandering the woods . He then meets a girl named Sistine Bailey who has recently moved nearby . Rob shows Sistine the tiger . Rob, who usually keeps his feelings locked away begins to involuntarily open up emotionally to Sistine . Though Sistine insists on letting the tiger go, Rob is wary of what will happen to it if he does . Rob finally relents and releases the tiger, letting it run into the woods . However, just moments later, Rob's father shoots the tiger dead . At the tiger's funeral, Sistine recites a part of William Blake's The Tyger . Rob and his father confront their unresolved feelings about Rob's mother and Rob begins looking forward to going to school with Sistine . </P> <P> Sistine Bailey - Sistine (or Sissy) and her mother move to Lister . Sistine is Rob's classmate . Sistine's parents are divorced after her father had an affair with his secretary . As compared to Rob, she is very open emotionally and gets into fights at school . </P>

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