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//Tears of a Tiger,// Copyright 1994 by Sharon M. Draper Aladdin Paperbacks An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division

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//Tears of a Tiger//, by Sharon M. Draper is a collection of letters, newspaper articles, and phone calls between Andy Jackson and his friends. These conversations are not usual conversations about typical high-school drama but conversations about the death of Robert Washington, not only the captain star of the Hazelwood High Tigers basketball team, but also one of their really close friends. It all begins when Andy, Robert, and some other friends were out drinking and celebrating the victory of the win when they had a tragic car accident. The whole school is in mourning but forced to go on with everyday life. Andy, on the other hand, was driving and he never was able to overcome the guilt. For a while, he had the support of his girlfriend, he became the captain of the Tigers basketball team and things were could have looked up but he still could not move on. After a long battle and not being able to reach anyone, Andy takes his life in order to get away from everything.

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