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Tears Of A Tiger By Sharon Mraper Sparknotes

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Sharon M. Draper, in the book Tears of a Tiger, writes about four teenage boys from Hazelwood High School and how the tragedy of one of the boy’s death ends another… After a big basketball game the boys go out and share a cold pack of beer with each other; only one of them didn’t drink, they were being reckless boys, And because the driver was drinking and driving they had a serious accident; crashing into a wall the car caught on fire, and one of the boy’s (Rob) died that night because he became stuck in the car, Andy, Rob’s best friend tried to help him out of the car but B.J didn’t let him, he saw that the car was going to catch on fire. (9). In the middle of the book, Andy Jackson’s still learning how to cope with the guilt, everyone

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