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A National Book Award finalist by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo.

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... Read Full Overview

"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... Read Full Overview

La autora de la aclamada novela Flora y Ulises nos presenta su segunda novela, finalista del National Book Award 2001. Rob Horton tiene doce a os y le gusta pasear por los bosques nublados de Florida, bueno, eso pensaba. Hasta que un d a, en uno de esos trayectos, se encuentra... Read Full Overview

Kate DiCamillo's second novel, a National Book Award finalist, is available in a beautiful gift edition that features the author's signature stamped on the cover.

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En se promenant dans les bois embrum s de Floride, un beau matin, Rob Horton, douze ans, rencontre avec surprise un tigre faisant les cent pas dans une cage. La m me journ e, Rob rencontre Sistine Bailey, une fille qui d voile... Read Full Overview

Large Prints increased font size and wider line spacing maximizes reading legibility, and has been proven to advance comprehension, improve fluency, reduce eye fatigue, and boost engagement in young readers of all abilities, especially struggling, reluctant, and striving readers... Read Full Overview

From the best-selling author of Because of Winn-Dixie comes the moving story of an eleven-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... Read Full Overview

From the Newbery Honor author of Because of Winn-Dixie, this story proves that things like memories, heartache, and tigers can't be locked up. (Ages 10 and up) Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger--a real-life,... Read Full Overview

La autora de la aclamada novela Flora y Ulises nos presenta su segunda novela, finalista del National Book Award 2001. Rob Horton tiene doce a os y le gusta pasear por los bosques nublados de Florida, bueno, eso pensaba. Hasta que un d a, en uno de esos trayectos, se encuentra... Read Full Overview

Kate DiCamillo's poignant and bittersweet second novel--a National Book Award Finalist that inspired a major motion picture--is now available in a movie tie-in edition.