And I hope it inspires conversations about what it means to be a good person, and how to be a good person. When You Trap a Tiger Summary W hen You Trap a Tiger is a 2020 novel by Tae Keller about a young Korean American girl who encounters a magical tiger. I do hope, though, that the book sparks conversations about belief-in ourselves, in others, in the unknown. Hopefully, the aliens will represent something larger for them, and it’s not my place to tell them whether their interpretation is right or wrong. Once a reader finds this book, the meaning belongs to them. An informative book brimming with lovely, accessible illustrations and split pages with a flap on each two-page. Oh dear, this question makes me realize that I’ll get asked what the aliens mean, the same way I get asked about the tiger in When You Trap a Tiger! And I’ll have to give the same response to both, which is that I’m not the one who can answer that. Harriet Evans & Hannah Bailey (illustrator). What conversations do you hope the book will inspire? Aliens also provided such a rich thematic ground for me to explore ideas about uncertainty, belief, hope, and what we consider strange, weird, or “alien.” Some of the bullying scenes are emotionally heavy, and I wanted something lighter to balance that out and drive the plot. The simple answer is that I think aliens are fun-which sounds flip, but isn’t quite. What inspired you to bring them into this story? 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. Aliens and UFOs have captured the literary imagination for decades.

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