description: 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.
language: English
title: The Tiger Rising
titlecomplete: The Tiger Rising
characters: Rob, Sistine
genres: Fiction, Animals, Juvenile, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Fantasy
ratings_count: 28581
places: Florida
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Young People's Literature, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Hea Lasteraamat
publisher: Candlewick