The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo

The Tiger Rising is about a boy named Rob Horton and a girl named Sistine Bailey. Rob Horton has a rash on his legs that will never go away. It's not contagious. His mother died. Rob and his father live in the Kentucky Star Motel. Ever since his mother died, he kept his feelings inside,like they were trapped in a suitcase. People bully Rob but he doesn't fight back. He just sits there and lets them hurt him. Rob has a talent. He can carve beautiful things out of wood.   He goes into the forest and finds a tiger in a cage. Then one day, he meets Sistine. She used to be mean but when she started to be friends with Rob we see her good side. Her parents are divorced. When people bully her, she fights back unlike Rob. Rob shows her the tiger. Once she saw it, she decided she wants to let it free. The tiger turns out to be the owner of the motel's who is called Beauchamp. He tells Rob to feed the tiger and he then gives him the keys to the cage. Rob uses the keys to let the tiger free. But the tiger runs to the hotel and tries to attack people. Rob's father shoots it. But after it all happened, Rob was starting to let the feelings come out of his suitcase. I think this is a very good book and it is very descriptive. It was very interesting.


G.N.


The Tiger Rising is about a boy named Rob Horton. He has a bad rash on his legs. Rob's mother died. Rob and his father live in a motel called the Kentucky Star Hotel. When his mother died Rob kept his feelings inside and never let them out,like they're trapped in a suitcase.Two boys at his school,the Threemongers bully Rob. But Rob doesn't fight back. Rob can carve things out of wood,he is very good at it. One day,when Rob goes into the forest he finds a tiger pacing back and forth in a cage. One day, when Rob is on the bus on his way to school,a beautiful girl named Sistine Bailey gets on the bus. She wears dresses to school. When he is at school the principal calls Rob to his office. The principal says that the some parents are afraid that his rash is contagious. He asks Rob to stay home from school until his rash clears up. Rob is happy because he knew that the rash won't clear up, and the principal doesn't. Rob becomes friends with Sistine and she brings him his work that he misses in school. Rob tells her about the tiger,and takes her to it. She wants ton let the tiger free but they didn't have the keys. One day,when Rob was cleaning the sidewalk Beauchamp the owner of the motel tells Rob to come with him for a ride. He tells Rob that he owned a tiger. He took Rob to the tiger. He asks Rob to feed the tiger everyday. He gives him the keys. When Rob tells Sistine she said to let him free. Rob finally agrees to let it free. When he let the tiger go he finds that  it's dead. His father killed it. When Rob sees the tiger he lets all his feelings out of his suitcase. I liked this book because it was descriptive and interesting.

P.G.


The Tiger Rising is about a boy named Rob and he has a rash on his legs so he can't go to school until the rash goes away because his principal thinks it is contagious . His mother died when he was young.He lives in The Kentucky star Motel with his father.Ever since his mother died he locked up all his feelings in his "suitcase" and tries to keep the locked up in there.Before he had to leave school he met a girl named Sistine. One day he was walking near the woods and he saw a tiger locked up in a cage,he knew he wanted to free it. the owner of the tiger gave him a job to feed the tiger every  day so he and Sistine went to the tiger and freed it together.

J.R.