When You Trap a Tiger
Reader's Review This book starts out as an engaging combination of fantasy, Korean folktale, and modern fiction with a great deal of emphasis on relationships within a family and love between ...
Reader’s Review
This book starts out as an engaging combination of fantasy, Korean folktale, and modern fiction with a great deal of emphasis on relationships within a family and love between generations. The main character travels between the mythical and real world, learning courage as she fights to save her grandmother’s life. The family’s love and concern for the grandmother is beautifully described. However the ending was incredibly disappointing when one of the main characters is described as having a relationship with someone of the same gender. What could have been a wonderful read for a preteen or teen is now a questionable choice (although the description is brief and may pass over the heads of some readers).
To look out for
- Islamic Values: Sister is constantly on her phone. She hides her phone in her bra at one point. There are numerous descriptions of conflict between her and her mom. In the end Lily learns her sister is in a relationship with another girl.
- Romance: Lily makes friends with a boy in her class, and although their relationship is platonic, her sister teases her about having feelings for him.
