Thursday, June 14, 2007

Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper

Tears of a Tiger is about a boy who was driving the car that crashed. One night, after his basketball game, Andy, B.J, Tyrone, & Robbie are on their way home. On the way home, BJ takes out his beer and the boys get distracted in the car & Andy is drunk driving. He swerves on the road and loses complete control of the wheel and three of the boys get out of the car… except for Robbie. Robbie gets stuck in the car & they boys try to help him, but can’t. Robbie dies & the boys’ life are never the same. They all go their separate ways. Andy goes on playing basketball, but he’s super quiet in school, after the accident. B.J & Tyrone are caught up in girl problems. But while all of this is going on, Andy is having problems of his own at home. Eventually, Andy gets to goes to a therapist. Find out if the guilt that Andy feels over Robbie’s death is too much for him!

By: Shalimar

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I think that book that you discribe is very good I would love to read it one day becase I like basketball