The Tiger Rising: 1 - Softcover

Dicamillo, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1406357634 ISBN 13: 9781406357639

Verlag: Walker Books, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

The story of a boy who discovers that some things can't stay locked up for ever.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...

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Críticas

An exquisitely told story -- Fiona Noble * Bookseller Children's Guide * This is an exquisitely told story from No. 1 New York Times Bestseller and Newbery Award Winner Kate DiCamillo. Intense and incredibly powerful this is a story that will move all who read it. * Lovereading4kids * Kate DiCamillo's sentences waste not a single word: they spin out, with the Florida mist rising off them. * Booklist * Now older children can be awed all over again. * The Observer * A delicate but surprisingly powerful novella. * Guardian *

Biografía del autor

Kate DiCamillo is the author of many beloved books for young readers, including The Tale of Despereaux, which received a Newbery Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, which received a Newbery Honor; The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, which won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; and the bestselling Mercy Watson series. Kate DiCamillo lives in Minneapolis, USA.

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• Verlag: Walker Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1406357634
• ISBN 13: 9781406357639
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144