Tears of a Tiger is a young adult novel written by Sharon M Draper. It was first published by Atheneum in 1994, and later on February 1, 1996 by Simon Pulse, and is the first book of the Hazelwood High Trilogy. It depicts the story of a seventeen-year-old African American boy named Andrew ''Andy'' Jackson, who feels deeply guilty for inadvertently causing his best friend Robert ''Rob'' Washington's death through drunk driving. The story is told through multiple different formats such as journal entries, first person narratives, and newspaper articles.
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no