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Summary Of Tears Of A Tiger By Sharon M Draper

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Do you know anyone who is going through depression? Do you know anyone who wants to commit suicide? Have you ever thought that there is a way they can get better from depression? "Tears Of A Tiger" By Sharon M Draper, shows us the perspective of a teenage boy named Andy after a life-changing incident happened. The author portrays the story of how Andy turns away from friends and family because of the incident that caused him to have depression. In this story, there were many ways to prevent Andy's suicide and depression, yet everyone did not see the indications of Andy's extreme depression. There were numerous indications of Andy's depression after the incident, which means that there were numerous ways to prevent his depression. However,

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