Books with title Tiger Rising

A National Book Award finalist by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo.Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger—a real-life, very large tiger—pacing back and forth in a cage. What’s more, on the same extraordinary day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his. As they learn to trust each other, and ultimately, to be friends, Rob and Sistine prove that some things—like memories, and heartache, and tigers—can’t be locked up forever. Featuring a cover illustration by Stephen Walton.

A National Book Award finalist by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo.Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger—a real-life, very large tiger—pacing back and forth in a cage. What’s more, on the same extraordinary day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his. As they learn to trust each other, and ultimately, to be friends, Rob and Sistine prove that some things—like memories, and heartache, and tigers—can’t be locked up forever. Featuring a new cover illustration by Stephen Walton.

It's six months since Rob's mum died and he moved to Florida. His dad won't talk about her at all. "Crying ain't going to bring her back," he says. So Rob fills a suitcase in his mind with all his forbidden thoughts - the rash on his legs, the bullies at school - and keeps it tight shut. But when he finds a caged tiger deep in the woods, his whole life begins to change. That same day he meets Sistine Bailey, another outsider who's bullied at school. She says they must set the tiger free - and when Rob imagines the tiger rising out of its cage, his suitcase begins to open...

The National Book Award finalist from the best-selling author of BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE - now in paperback Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger - a real-life, very large tiger - pacing back and forth in a cage. What’s more, on the same extraordinary day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his. As they learn to trust each other, and ultimately, to be friends, Rob and Sistine prove that some things - like memories, and heartaches, and tigers - can’t be locked up forever.

The fate of Theo Essex is revealed in the long-awaited sequel to Atlantic Island! Follow the survivors of the Great Uprising as they attempt to rebuild the shattered island nation.In the wake of war a new, shadowy order is rising from darkness...Will the survivors be able to overcome this threat? Will Theo and his friends be reunited? Will the "islanders" find a way home? The epic tale continues in Rising Tide!

Something sent him away. But unless he can return to an alternate dimension, he may lose the girl of his dreams…Theo Essex would do anything to be back in Kylee’s arms. Magically torn from her side and thrown into his own universe, he struggles to control the budding powers that could undo the horrific Event that left them stranded. But with his abilities slowly driving him to madness, he risks splintering their timelines beyond repair…Kylee can’t shake the memory of the day Theo disappeared. Struggling to hold together the fractured leadership of her otherworldly island home, she’s heartbroken Theo didn’t survive to help. And with terrorist cells building off the bones of an old enemy, she fears they’re in for a bloody coup.As Kylee’s power crumbles, Theo journeys into the past, seeking the means to restore temporal order. But even if he manages to reunite with his true love, a cataclysmic disaster may destroy them all.Can Theo and Kylee find a way to stop the bloodshed and bring everyone back?Rising Tide is the second book in the riveting Atlantic Island dystopian YA science fiction trilogy. If you like brain-bending conundrums, awesome twists and turns, and a sprinkling of humor, then you’ll love Fredric Shernoff’s action-packed tale.Buy Rising Tide to join a time-traveling rescue today!

"A lush, exotic little gem—this writer’s a keeper." - Karen Hesse, Newbery Medal-winning author of Out of Dust.Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger—a real-life, very large tiger—pacing back and forth in a cage. What’s more, on the same extraordinary day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his. As they learn to trust each other, and ultimately, to be friends, Rob and Sistine prove that some things—like memories, and heartache, and tigers—can’t be locked up forever.