Tiger by the Tail
- Publisher
- Scholastic Canada Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2014
- Category
- Zoos, Lions, Tigers, Leopards, etc.
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 7
- Recommended Reading age
- 9 to 12
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780888783967
- Publish Date
- Sep 2006
- List Price
- $8.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459703100
- Publish Date
- Feb 2009
- List Price
- $11.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554884360
- Publish Date
- Jun 2010
- List Price
- $11.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781443124126
- Publish Date
- Feb 2014
- List Price
- $7.99
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Description
Eric Walters' timeless series about the zoo next door is now available from Scholastic Canada!
When tornado-force winds force Sarah and Nicholas Fraser to seek shelter in a neighbour's barn, they discover that the retired circus trainer has some unusual farm animals: a cheetah, an ape, a python, and a tiger!
Fascinated by the exotic animals, Sarah and Nicholas help out with their training and care. But when a band of mischievous teens cut the chains to the tiger's cage and he escapes, they must help track him down before the story makes front-page news.
This classic series from bestselling author Eric Walters has been newly revised and redesigned.
About the author
Eric Walters is the author of many acclaimed and bestselling novels for children and young adults. His novels have won numerous awards, including the Silver Birch, Blue Heron, Red Maple, Snow Willow, Ruth Schwartz, and Tiny Torgi, and have received honours from the Canadian Library Association Book Awards and UNESCO's international award for Literature in Service of Tolerance.
Eric lives in Mississauga with his wife, Anita, and three children, Christina, Nicholas, and Julia. When not writing or touring across the country speaking to school groups, Eric spends time playing or watching soccer and basketball, or playing the saxophone.
To find out more about Eric and his novels, or to arrange for him to speak at your school, visit his website at www.ericwalters.net.
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Awards
- Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre
Excerpt: Tiger by the Tail (by (author) Eric Walters)
From Tiger by the Tail
Just then a flash of lightning filled the sky and the light forced its way in through the grimy windows, filling the stable with a micro-second of eerie brightness.My heart stopped. I was staring, eyeball to eyeball, with a tiger, separated by a few inches of air and a couple of rusty old bars. I looked down. On my shoulder rested an enormous brown paw."AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I jumped forward onto my hands and knees and scrambled on all fours, still screaming as I motored across the floor. Thud. I based into something and came to a stop. Head down, I stayed on my hands and knees, straining to catch my breath, my chest heaving up and down, up and down. In the darkness my eyes started to focus. They widened in surprise and then terror as I realized what I was seeing: two feet. I allowed my eyes to follow up from the feet and legs, leaning back to find myself looking up at a man, an old man, standing above me, holding a rifle."You're in more trouble than you can even imagine," he growled as he stared down at me.
