The story of a boy who discovers that some things can't stay locked up for ever.
She says they must set the Tiger free - and when Rob imagines the Tiger Rising out of its cage, his suitcase begins to open....
That same day he meets Sistine Bailey, another outsider who's bullied at school.
But when he finds a caged Tiger deep in the woods, his whole life begins to change.
So Rob fills a suitcase in his mind with all his forbidden thoughts - the rash on his legs, the bullies at school - and keeps it tight shut. "
Crying ain't going to bring her back," he says.
His dad won't talk about her at all.
It's six months since Rob's mum died and he moved to Florida.
The story of a boy who discovers that some things can't stay locked up for ever
