![]() ![]() Lily is mostly fine with this-she doesn't want to be the center of attention anyway-but things change when her mother decides that the three of them (Mom, Lily, and her older sister Sam) should move away from their home in California to be with their halmoni (a Korean word for grandmother). When You Trap a Tiger's protagonist is Lily, a young girl going into seventh grade who feels invisible-most people look past her and leave her to her own devices, including her own mother at times. Regardless, I'm excited to be giving this book a bit of attention on my blog here today! (Especially since-at the last possible moment-I have a book that's appropriate for AAPI Heritage Month, which ends today.) ![]() ![]() I was surprised by this-maybe some of the other awards (like Christina Soontornvat's double-Newbery-Honor with A Wish in the Dark and All Thirteen) stole this one's thunder, but I'm still not totally convinced that's what's going on. I've seen a few reviews of this book recently, but honestly, I haven't seen much attention paid to When You Trap a Tiger, this year's recipient of the Newbery Medal and the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature. ![]()
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