{"id":47095,"date":"2020-08-02T11:12:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T15:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=47095"},"modified":"2020-07-29T12:56:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T16:56:19","slug":"when-you-trap-a-tiger-by-tae-keller-in-school-library-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/when-you-trap-a-tiger-by-tae-keller-in-school-library-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller [in School Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-46674\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/When-You-Trap-a-Tiger-Tae-Keller-BookDragon-529x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/When-You-Trap-a-Tiger-Tae-Keller-BookDragon-529x800.jpg 529w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/When-You-Trap-a-Tiger-Tae-Keller-BookDragon.jpg 606w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/>Keller&#8217;s narrative can&#8217;t be faulted \u2013 the story is achingly gorgeous. A widowed Korean American mother and her two mixed-race daughters move from California to Washington to live with their glamorous, unconventional Halmoni \u2013 grandmother&#8221; in Korean. Older sister Sam \u2013 suffering from sullen teenagerhood \u2013 is resistant, but younger Lily can&#8217;t get enough of Halmoni&#8217;s magical tales. When Lily learns of Halmoni&#8217;s illness, she negotiates a deal with a mythic tiger to save Halmoni&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p>While Keller, whose own grandmother is Korean, has written an affirming book, the audio adaptation, narrated by Korean American Greta Jung, amplifies Keller&#8217;s easily correctable cultural stumbles. Keller&#8217;s use of &#8220;Unya&#8221; for &#8220;older sister&#8221; is particularly jarring; &#8220;unnee&#8221; is older sister, the suffix &#8216;-ya&#8217; akin to adding &#8216;hey&#8217; or &#8216;yo&#8217; when calling to someone \u2013 &#8220;This is it, <i>Unya cried,<\/i>&#8221; translates to &#8220;&#8230; hey, unnee cried.&#8221; Perhaps Jung could <i>only<\/i> read exactly what&#8217;s on the page, but as her Korean is uneven (the pronunciation of &#8220;Halmoni,&#8221; for example, is inconsistent), writer, reader, and certainly the producers missed an obvious opportunity for improvement or correction.\u00a0Alas, this audio interpretation misses the mark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookverdict.com\/details.xqy?uri=Product2020-07-01-5388253.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">&#8220;Audio,&#8221; <em>School Library Journal<\/em>, July 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keller&#8217;s narrative can&#8217;t be faulted \u2013 the story is achingly gorgeous. 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