Synopsis Life changes for 12-year-old Rob Horton when he finds a caged tiger in the woods behind the Kentucky Star Motel. On the very same day, he meets Sistine Bailey and learns how to trust another person for the first time in his life. Nominated for a 2001 National Book Award in the Young People's Literature category.
Rob, who passes the time in his rural Florida community by wood carving, is drawn by his spunky but angry friend Sistine into a plan to free a caged tiger.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2002-07-01 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 4.8 oz |
Publisher's Note Eleven-year-old Rob Horton, who passes the time in his rural Florida community by wood carving, is drawn by his spunky but angry friend Sistine into a plan to free a caged tiger. Reprint.
Industry Reviews "[N]othing short of perfect. In seamless prose dripping with something of the exotic DiCamillo deftly pivots from isolation to intimacy, from resignation to hope, leaving in her wake a trail of delicate, finely conceived characters who linger long after the narrative's grave and powerful conclusion." Robyn Pal-Freeman
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