Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo Candlewick Press Copyright 2001 ISBN# 07636-0911-0 Rob Horton's been hurt.  The death of his mother leaves him bereaved and insecure, with a father who loves him but doesn't have a clue how to show it. But everything changes when Rob finds a tiger in the woods outside of the trashy motel where he and his father live.  His father works as a maintenance man around the place.