When fourteen-year-old Cody runs away from his controlling abusive mother, he heads west working at odd jobs along the way. The Sam Houston Tiger Ranch is in need of a "tiger wrangler" and Cody has a new job. Tiger wranglers feed the tigers, exercise them and clean out their pens. It's not your ordinary job---it's filled with danger and the thrill of being with wild animals. Cody is big for his age and everyone believes he is sixteen. In learning how to care for the tigers, leopards and lions, he learns more about himself and what he wants out of life.
Along the way, he solves the mystery of the missing co-owner of the tiger ranch. This is a page-turner---I wanted to find out about how the tigers came to be a this rescue park, what had happened to the co-owner and if Cody was ever going to get out of his bad home situation. Set in Texas, there are lots of Texas expressions--colorful sayings.
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