Name: Tears of a Tiger
ISBN: 9780689806988

Sharon M. Draper

The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.

Tears of a Tiger

Three boys struggle to come to terms with the death of a friend in a drunk-driving auto accident in which all four were involved, in a story told through newspaper stories, diary entries, school announcements, telephone conversations, and classroom assignments.

Raven 

*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.

Jeni Enjaian

When I started reading this book I was unsure of whether it would live up to the expectation of what I used to think Draper's books were like or if it would be more like the books I've read recently, disappointing. I also was not sure if I liked the format either. It's not my favorite but it kept the story from being bogged down into Draper's imagination of how teenagers' internal thought would sound when written down. Also, reading the books out of order did not hinder my enjoyment of this particular book. In fact, this book was much, much better than the third book in the series. I definitely recommend it. (Side note: the conversation between the two teachers was so stereotypical. That's the one thing I would have changed if I were Draper.)