Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tigera real-life, very large tigerpacing back and forth in a cage. Whats 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 thingslike memories, and heartache, and tigerscant be locked up forever. Featuring a cover illustration by Stephen Walton.