An extraordinary new novel of friendship by Kate DiCamillo, author of the
celebrated debut novel BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE.
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 a cage. What's more, on the same extraordinary day, he meets Sistine
Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his. As they learn
to trust each other, and ultimately, to be friends, Rob and Sistine prove that
some things—like memories, and heartache, and tigers—can't be locked up forever.