I have not been a fan of recent years' winners of the Newbery medal. This year was the exception. This was a beautiful, magical story about a Korean-American girl named Lily and her family, struggling with their grandmother's illness. Lily loves listening to her Halmoni's Korean stories, especially the one about the tiger. But when she sees a tiger that no one else sees, her halmoni tells her it has come back for something she stole. Lily believes she can make a deal with the tiger - Lily will return what her grandmother stole and the tiger will heal her. I loved so many things about this book particularly the power of stories, and the characters of the grandmother and her new friend Ricky - both unique characters who own their oddness. (FIC KEL)
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