![]() Well written and short, the book is good for a quick afternoon and won't frighten away most teengers if you tell them it is all about sex, violence, and drinking. The overbearing parents and teen angst seem tired but are well executed. The book is standard teen fare set up by Blume way back when, copied by many to the point of rather blandness. While there are few accounts reported online after a quick search, the placement on the list shows it is relevant and used forty years after publication. It has held a place on the ALA banned books list since the list was made, falling around the 80s out of 100. The book was banned for teenage depression, mild sex attitudes, religious debates, and underage drinking. After a year, Davey deals with her feelings about, well, everything, and they all go home changed. Resettled in the Bomb City with her mother and brother, Davey Wexler. Davey responds to this by making friends with Wolf, a hot dude she met hiking, and Jane, a teen with a drinking problem. The ultimate resource for everything relating to Tiger eyes : a novel by Judy Blume. When their mother checks out with grief, the aunt and uncle become very protective. The boy's mother has cancer and is fretting about him. ![]() Lawyer hero is looking for his younger half-brother who ran away from boarding school. ![]() And so many feelings happen.ĭavey's father dies in a violent shooting at their convenience store, so her, her mother and her brother move down to live with their aunt and uncle in New Mexico. Former foster child heroine is a busker on the streets of Wellington, NZ - but she's also a university graduate and an aspiring songwriter. When Davey's father dies, she and her family move to New Mexico to deal with all their feelings. ![]()
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