Tears of a Tiger

Books | Young Adult Fiction / People & Places / United States / African American & Black

4.4

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Sharon M. Draper

Andy tackles his guilt and grief in the first book of Sharon M. Draper’s award-winning Hazelwood High trilogy.Tigers don’t cry—or do they? After the death of his longtime friend and fellow Hazelwood Tiger in a car accident, Andy, the driver, blames himself and cannot get past his guilt and pain. While his other friends have managed to work through their grief and move on, Andy allows death to become the focus of his life. In the months that follow the accident, the lives of Andy and his friends are traced through a series of letters, articles, homework assignments, and dialogues, and it becomes clear that Tigers do indeed need to cry.

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Author

Sharon M. Draper

Pages

192

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

2006-02-01

ISBN

1416928316 9781416928317

Ratings

Google: 4.5

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"This might be insensitive to what the book is about but time, my best friend and I when we were in highschool we used to call this Tears Of A Tigger(like the Disney Winnie the poor character)"

Ricky Lopez

"This book is phenomenally writtten, but it is not for the faint of heart. It deals with many tough issues that are present in quite a few people’s lives. It deals with drunk driving, death, depression, and sucide. The format it was written in was fun to read. Instead of a traditional outline it is told through phone calls, conversations, letters, homework assignments and newspaper articles. Tears of a Tiger has a great message for everyone not only about drunk driving, but also about how people can be hurting and we might not notice, and if we happen to notice we need to help them. The ending to this story is gut wrenching. However, I would recommend it to anyone in middle school/high school, and anyone who is dealing with or has delt with depression, suicidal thoughts, etc."

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Alyssa Czernek

"Read this in middle school but one of the first books I ever became attached too still one of my favorites "

Nicole MacDonald

"Great book shins light on people who have been in accidents and lose important people in their lives also not to long "

Gorgene Fernandez

"it’s sooooo good i put my mom on it and she read it last night"

Ella

"I don't like how the main character wasn't thinking of anyone else. The notes at the end were sad. I'm glad this is a series because it ended so abruptly."

your mom has

"I read this book back in like 2009 but I loved it at that point."

Mary Lynn Gilbert

"*4.75. yeah, this was really, really good. It was as if I could actually feel the characters’ feelings come right out of the pages. And I love a book that makes me think, like honestly. I feel like this book does a good job of portraying what could happen if you do drunk drive, and the aftermath of it. The author did an amazing job of writing pain, expressing the characters’ pain over the conflicts that happened. I love when an author takes real-life situations and writes what-ifs. This was definitely a nice book to reflect on."