num_pages: 180
description: After a car accident kills Robert, Andy's best friend and teammate on the Hazelwood High Tigers, Andy doesn't know if he can go on. He's consumed with guilt for driving the night of the accident after a long evening of drinking and partying. With perceptiveness and compassion, Sharon M. Draper portrays an African-American teenager who feels driven to consider suicide in the wake of a devastating tragedy.
language: English
title: Tears of a Tiger
titlecomplete: Tears of a Tiger (Hazelwood High, #1)
genres: Teen, African American, Young Adult, High School, Middle Grade, School, Contemporary, Death, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 15426
places: Cincinnati, Ohio
series: Hazelwood High
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: John Steptoe New Talent Award
category: Author, awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers