****A hopeful, heartwarming story of a girl discovering her family's past and present when she makes a deal with a magical tiger from her grandmother's stories, the Korean version of "Once upon a time..."**** _Some stories refuse to stay bottled up..._ When Lily and her family move in with her s
When You Trap a Tiger
โ Scribed by Keller, Tae
- Publisher
- Random House
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 352 KB
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York
- ISBN
- 1524715727
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โฆ Synopsis
***A hopeful, heartwarming story of a girl discovering her family's past and present when she makes a deal with a magical tiger from her grandmother's stories . . . * **
Some stories refuse to stay bottled up...
When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni's Korean folktales arrives, prompting Lily to unravel a secret family history. Long, long ago, Halmoni stole something from the tigers. Now, the tigers want it back. And when one of those tigers offers Lily a deal--return what Halmoni stole in exchange for Halmoni's health--Lily is tempted to accept. But deals with tigers are never what they seem! With the help of her sister and her new friend Ricky, Lily must find her voice... and the courage to face a tiger.
Tae Keller, the award-winning author of The Science of Breakable Things , shares a sparkling tale about the power of stories and the magic of family.Think Walk Two Moons meets Where the Mountain Meets the Moon!
โฆ Subjects
JUVENILE FICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- Asian American
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