Tiger Eyes
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| Author | Judy Blume |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Young adult novel |
| Publisher | Bradbury |
| Publication date | 1981 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-87888-185-9 |
Tiger Eyes is a young adult novel written by Judy Blume in 1981 about a young girl attempting to cope with the murder of her father.
[edit] Plot
The book begins when the main character, Davey Wexler, has to go to her father's funeral. Her father was killed from a shooting in the 7-Eleven convenience store where he worked. Davey's mother thinks Davey, Davey's younger brother, Jason, and she herself needs a change of environment and so they go to live with Davey's Aunt Bitsy and Uncle Walter in Los Alamos, who are from her late husband's side of the family. They end up living there for a year when Davey meets a mysterious boy named Wolf in a canyon. Later on she finds out Wolf is the son of the terminally ill patient she looks after as a candy striper. Davey also learns how to deal with the grief she feels that she couldn't save her father's life, and she overcomes her fears. Davey, her mother and Jason leave Los Alamos to return to Atlantic City at the end of the book, ready to start a new life.
[edit] Controversy
This book is on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000 at number 78.[1] ñaksdhfgdshdf
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