The Tiger Rising

By: Kate DiCamillo

Narrated by: Dylan Baker

From the best-selling author of Because of Winn-Dixie comes the moving story of an 11-year-old boy, Rob Horton, who finds a caged tiger in the woods behind the hotel where he lives with his father. With the help of his new friend, Sistine Bailey, Rob must decide what to do with his discovery and at the same time come to terms with his past.©2001 Kate DiCamillo (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

Critic reviews

"An emotionally rich story about a boy caught in the powerful grip of grief." (Publishers Weekly)

Worth Purchasing!

This book was an assignment for our son in his 4th grade ELA class during the distance learning part of the COVID-19 pandemic. The school provided links to listen to someone read it on YouTube and the person didn't pronounce words correctly and was very inanimate. Being a member for Audible for several years, I purchased this book and my son and I listened to it and completed his assignment in 2 days. The narrator is exceptional! The author is exquisite! The story was wonderful. Of course, I cried.

Even Dad shed some eye water...

The whole family sat around listening to this story, Dad my teen boys and myself. No one could walk away. We were all hooked from the first chapter. Recommended for kids 10 and up, nice family read

The Tiger Rising

Wonderful emotional layers. My 9 Yo granddaughter appreciated the emotional connections. Her favorite piece of the story was the realization of dad and son having each other. They both missed mom but they had each other. They were not alone in their feelings of loss.

great read

My eleven year old son loved this book. It created good meaningful conversation. A must read to preteens!

amazing

I loved this book. As a book for young readers, I was delightfully surprised as I enjoyed it very much for myself as It has very mature issues. I was thinking about it for my 10 year old nephew, but it is not for him.

Great book

One of the best books I ever read. My 8 year old daughter and ne enjoyed it.

him going back to school

I like Willy Mae being a prophetess and how Ron opened up his suitcase in the end telling his dad his emotions about his mom's death

the end was really sad

the end was so sad
the story was great
the narrator was great
really good

Wonderful Narrator! Great Book!

Just another beautiful and touching story by Kate DiCamillo. Narration was perfect for this book! A modern day fairytale for young adults .

A unique story.

The story is gentle and the words read by Dylan Baker are melodic. The book’s characters are open to learning, reflection, and loving.