Tiger Boy
  • Published: 15 April 2015
  • ISBN: 9781580896603
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $35.00

Tiger Boy

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Paperback
18 Sep 2017
Hardback
15 Apr 2015
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Acclaimed multicultural author and diversity advocate Mitali Perkins crafts a contemporary adventure story about a young Bengali boy in search of an escaped tiger cub.

“One of the new tiger cubs has escaped from the reserve!”

When a tiger cub escapes from a nature reserve near Neel’s island village, the rangers and villagers hurry to find her before the cub’s anxious mother follows suit and endangers them all. Mr. Gupta, a rich newcomer to the island, is also searching—he wants to sell the cub’s body parts on the black market. Neel and his sister, Rupa, resolve to find the cub first and bring her back to the reserve where she belongs.

The hunt for the cub interrupts Neel’s preparations for an exam to win a prestigious scholarship at a boarding school far from home. Neel doesn’t mind—he dreads the exam and would rather stay on his beloved island in the Sunderbans of West Bengal with his family and friends.

But through his encounter with the cub, Neil learns that sometimes you have to take risks to preserve what you love. And sometimes you have to sacrifice the present for the chance to improve the future.

Awards & Honors

• Notable Books for a Global Society
• NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction (Honorable Mention)
• CBC-NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
• A Junior Library Guild Selection
• CCBC Choices
• 2017 North Dakota Library Association Flicker Tale Children's Book Award nominee, intermediate fiction
• 2016 South Asia Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
  • Published: 15 April 2015
  • ISBN: 9781580896603
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $35.00
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About the author

Mitali Perkins

Mitali Perkins previously wrote The Sunati Experiment, an ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Readers and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. She lives in Newton, MA.

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Holy Night and Little Star
Bare Tree and Little Wind
Rickshaw Girl
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Praise for Tiger Boy

Praise for Rickshaw Girl

  • Bank Street Best Children's Books List
  • A Jane Addams Honor Book
  • "Mitali Perkins introduces Bangla culture and customs in the context of an appealing, child-centered story that also highlights changing attitudes and times."--Cooperative Children's Book Center

    • Praise for Bamboo People (Perkins)
  • ALA/YALSA Top Ten Novel for Young Adults
  • "With authenticity, insight, and compassion, Perkins delivers another culturally rich coming-of-age novel."--School Library Journal, starred review