Tiger Skin Rug: A Magical Journey - Hardcover

Haig, Joan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 160945720X ISBN 13: 9781609457204

Publisher: Europa Editions, 2021

Synopsis

SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE

Two homesick Indian boys and their new Scottish friend join a magical tiger on a journey across continents.

Lal and his brother Dilip miss home. They don’t like drizzle, midges, or the tiger skin rug in their creepy new house. All they want is to leave Scotland and go back to India. But that’s before they make friends with Jenny, the girl next door—and before the tiger skin rug comes back to life.

The tiger tells them it will take them home in return for their help, but it must first fulfill an old promise.

An adventure story in which the young protagonists learn not only the true significance of the tiger skin rug’s final message but also come to understand the real meaning of home.

“Elegant and enchanting. This grand, sweeping adventure takes the reader far and wide but, ultimately, is all about finding home.”—Anna Humphrey (author of Quack and the Mega Bat series)

About this title

About the Author

Joan Haig, born in Zambia, was weaned on avocados and stories. Having lived all over the world, she now lives in the Scottish Borders with her husband and two sons. She recently edited an anthology for children in lockdown and is working on a children’s nonfiction book. Tiger Skin Rug is her first novel.

Reviews

Gr 3-7-After brothers Lal and Dilip Patel move from India to Scotland with their parents and Naniji, they quickly begin to miss home desperately. Everything in Scotland is strange-especially the tiger skin rug in their new drawing room that seems almost to move when the light hits it just right. So when Dilip discovers the tiger can move, the two jump at the chance to help him keep a long-kept promise and hopefully find their own way home again. Readers are sure to devour this magical, mysterious adventure of a debut, equal parts gentle and exhilarating. Lal and Dilip's longing for the familiarity of home resonates, as do the lessons they learn along the way. VERDICT A natural recommendation for fans of emotionally resonant adventure books, and authors such as Kate DiCamillo, Sara Pennypacker, and Katherine Applegate.-Kaitlin Frick, Darien Lib., CTα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 160945720X
• ISBN 13: 9781609457204
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200