When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller 🟊🟊🟊

 

Lily and her family move in with her dying grandmother. Lily is desperate to find a way to save her. Lily encounters a magical tiger on the journey to her grandmother’s house. The tiger offers her a deal that will save her grandmother, will Lily take it?

The intermingling of a Korean folktale and a young girl’s struggle with life is wonderfully presented in this novel. Not only is Lily dealing with her dying grandmother, but she wants to be heard. By the end of the book Lily finds her voice and learns to accept the death of her grandmother. Parents be aware the older sister is in a same sex relationship, which is something I don’t want my 10-year-old grandson to read about. So, I will pass on this book. 

Relevant Information	Content Review
Published In: 2020	Profanity: None
Publisher: Random House	Violence: None
Age Level: 10-12 years	Sexual: LGBTQ Characters
AR Level: 4.1	Mature Themes: Death
Pages: 297
Stars: 3
Award: 2021 Newbery Medal