But the closer she gets, the more Mallory has to confront why Jennifer might have run … and face the truth within herself. The adults say she ran away…but where is she going? And why? Using clues in Jennifer’s journals about alien encounters, Mallory attempts to find her. 1 2 The book tells the story of Lily and her relationship with her aging and ill Korean grandmother, wrapped around the Korean folktales her grandmother tells her at bedtime. Her book, When You Trap a Tiger, won the 2021 Newbery Medal. In Chapters 19 - 27, Lily and Rickys trap works - the tiger gets caught one night when Lily sneaks back down to the basement. She believes in aliens-and what’s more, she thinks she can find them. Tae Keller is an American children's book author. She’s willing to embrace the strange, the unknown… the extraterrestrial. But when I keep it tight-tight, it eat me up. And I thought I have to hide my story, because I think if I tell it, it is who I am forever. When biracial (Korean/white) Lily, her older sister Sam, and their mom move to Washington state to live with Hamoni, who is sick, Lily begins seeing a large tiger, which demands Lily open the jars in Halmoni’s basement and release the stories inside. I thought I have to hide my heart, because I feel too much. Published by Random House, 2020 304 pages ISBN: 9781524715700.

She doesn’t seem to care about the laws of middle school, or the laws of the universe. 1 quote from Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger: I thought I have to hide my words, because my English not so good. After meeting the cool girl, Reagan, she finally has a best friend, and Reagan makes Mallory feel like she belongs, like she can fit in this infinite universe, as long as she follows Reagan’s simple rules: wear the right clothes, control your image, know your place.īut when Jennifer Chan moves into the house across the street, those rules don’t feel quite so simple anymore. Middle school can make you feel like you're all alone in the universe. When You Trap a Tiger will win the hearts of teachers and students of all ages.

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