Study Guide: The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo (Unabridged‪)‬

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Following the death of his mother, 12-year-old Rob Horton packs away his grief when he and his father move to Lister, Florida. However, Rob’s discovery of a caged tiger in the woods and his friendship with an angry girl named Sistine begin to crack his emotional shell.

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