1.13k reviews for:

When You Trap a Tiger

Tae Keller

4.22 AVERAGE

heydebigale's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

catburps's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jawolffe's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

karynhansen's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nairam1173's review against another edition

4.0

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This story starts slow but builds in an incredibly beautiful way. It avoid simple answers and is such a love letter to quiet, "fixer" girls who can easily feel overlooked and abandoned even when around the people they love just because they're "easy" and "helpful." Especially when those same girls start to have large, loud emotions that they don't know how to handle.

I also really appreciated that every side character feels like they have an actual life outside of this story? They don't appear simply to fill roles, but because they happen to be in the same spaces as Lily, and clearly have their own things going on, even if we don't get to see them all.

tessaborst's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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"When You Trap a Tiger", by Tae Keller is a story of a girl who is working to save her Grandmother from a Tiger. This story is full of Korean folktales and adventures. This book was published in 2020 and is good for middle school readers! This is a fun book for students to read when there is any free reading time in the school day. Its enjoyable and a great read to transport you to another place! Also "When You Trap a Tiger" is a newberry medal winner. <Newberry Winner> <Juvenile Fiction> <When You Trap a Tiger>

sarahdworjan's review against another edition

5.0

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"Sometimes, the strongest thing is to stop running. To say, 'I am not afraid of tigers. I am not afraid to die.'"

ptkaphurine's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

starhound19's review against another edition

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Not ready to deal with the emotions that this is bringing up... maybe another time.

pagesandplannersabroad's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful fast-paced