Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright — Ron Koertge

Worried that his mother will send his beloved grandfather to a nursing home "for his own good," Jesse and some of his eighth-grade classmates accompany Pappy into the mountains near their small California town to look for the tiger tracks he claims to have seen.Jesse has learned everything from his grandfather, but when Pappy starts insisting he has seen tiger marks in the hills, Jesse worries that his mom will send Pappy to a nursing home