Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. Draper is a New York Times bestselling author and recipient of the Margaret A. 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.Ĭontributor Bio(s): Draper, Sharon M.: - Sharon M. While his other friends have managed to work through their grief and move on, Andy allows death to become the focus of his life. 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. Draper's award-winning Hazelwood High trilogy. Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 4.0Īndy tackles his guilt and grief in the first book of Sharon M. Physical Information: 0.56' H x 4.2' W x 7.05' (0.23 lbs) 192 pagesĪwards: Virginia Readers Choice Award, Winner, High School, 1997Ĭoretta Scott King Award, Winner, New Talent/Author, 1995 Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - African American

WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeĪnnotation: With perceptiveness and compassion, Draper portrays an African-American teenager who feels driven to consider suicide in the wake of a devastating tragedy.Ĭlick for more in this series: Hazelwood High Trilogy Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper