
When You Trap a Tiger
(Winner of the 2021 Newbery Medal)
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Narrated by:
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Greta Jung
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By:
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Tae Keller
Winner of the Newbery Medal
New York Times best seller
Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature
Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the power of stories and save her grandmother.
Some stories refuse to stay bottled up....
When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni's Korean folktales arrives, prompting Lily to unravel a secret family history. Long, long ago, Halmoni stole something from the tigers. Now they want it back. And when one of the tigers approaches Lily with a deal - return what her grandmother stole in exchange for Halmoni's health - Lily is tempted to agree. But deals with tigers are never what they seem! With the help of her sister and her new friend Ricky, Lily must find her voice...and the courage to face a tiger.
Tae Keller, the award-winning author of The Science of Breakable Things, shares a sparkling tale about the power of stories and the magic of family. Think Walk Two Moons meets Where the Mountain Meets the Moon!
"If stories were written in the stars...this wondrous tale would be one of the brightest." (Booklist, starred review)
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Critic reviews
"Roars to life with just a touch of magic." (Kirkus starred review)
"A heartfelt reminder of the wonder and beauty in our everyday lives." (Booklist starred review)
"Deeply moving...vulnerable and mythic storytelling in the vein of Erin Entrada Kelly and Kacen Callender." (School Library Journal starred review)
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Amazing book
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Amazing and powerful.
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Worth the read
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There were to many questions .I guess I could not keep track to what was going on
It was so Bart warming
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Wow
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Wow what a winner, Newbery that is!
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- cirque age 9
Beautiful Story
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Outstanding!
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Had to HEAR story
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The feelings that are evoked by Lily's simple desire to make her grandmother better, and how she deals with what happens as she tries to achieve her goal, were beautifully written. Then, to intersperse all of that with the stories that we got to hear, both from the grandmother and the tiger, were beautiful.
Because I have seen so many other reviews complain about this, I want to address the information that comes up about Sam at the end.
SPOILER: Yes, it is revealed that she is lesbian. No, it was not just "thrown in there" or "included to be politically correct." A person's sexuality doesn't have to be plot-relevant to be included. LGBTQ+ people exist, everywhere. Let them exist. And, for those who are grabbing their pearls over a MG book having a lesbian in it, children of all ages have siblings who identify as LGBTQ+; why should they not be represented in the literature, too? Sam is a teenager, so it is perfectly normal that she would be discovering who she is - and that includes her sexual identity!
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For this book, I listened to the audiobook, which was narrated by Greta Jung. I thought she did a wonderful job, and I really appreciated hearing someone pronounce the Korean words so that, when I pick up the book to read again, I will know how they are pronounced.
A wonderful story with Korean mythology
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