Stone, Jeff. Tiger [The five ancestors #1]

Stone, Jeff. Tiger [The five ancestors #1] Yearling, 2006 [0-375-83072-3]
Before the Cangzhen Temple is destroyed, the grandmaster teaches his five youngest and promising students one of several different fighting styles. This first book follows Tiger after the master is killed on his wanderings into the forest. Here he must defend a real tiger and end up being captured by the people of a village. This first 196 page book is the beginning of a series for upper elementary students. I purchased it because on of my better readers saw it in the book club at school. He read book 1 and 2 so far and has not asked for book 3.