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Blume's latest novel begins like many of her personalized, single-problem scenarios, with 15-year-old Davey's father shot to death by robbers at his 7-Eleven store in Atlantic City. Davey can't function for weeks, and it is largely for her that her emotionally and financially stranded mother accepts shelter in Los Alamos with kind Aunt Bitsy and her physicist-husband Walter. Once there, Davey's outsider reactions to Bitsy, Walter, and Los Alamos add dimension to her grief and her recovery. True, we experience no culture shock too strong for Blume's smooth readability; there is nothing subtle about the irony of Bomb City's bland security and weapons designer Waiter's overprotective posture; and Waiter's elitist ugliness is overdone in one violent confrontation with Davey. Also, Davey's chaste but warm relationship with a nice young man she meets in the canyon, plus the coincidence of his father's dying at the hospital where Davey volunteers as a candy-striper, are on the cute romantic level. Nevertheless Davey's lonely struggle to come to terms with the killing, her everyday conflicts with her well-meaning but aggravating aunt and uncle, her impatience with her mother, who finally breaks down and then withdraws from the family, her scorn for the "nerd" physicist Mom dates on her way to recovery, her concern for a high-status but alcoholic school friend, and her assessment of the social structure at the Los Alamos high school - all this takes on a poignancy and a visible edge we wouldn't see had Davey (or Blume) remained in New Jersey. (Kirkus Reviews)
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
...yes, Judy Blume has written another beautifully written novel that touches and inspires. Even the hardest of hearts will have to avoid getting a tear in their eye as you read of Davy's journey to conquer her grief over her father's death.
Davy's father is killed after a raid on his store and she is by his side as he dies. The book concentrates on when Davy's family move to Mexico for a year to live with Davy's aunt and uncle.
As with most Judy Blume books I've read, things are focused on what happens inside the main character (Davy), so don't expect a flashy, excessively dramatic plot. This is a book about growing up with a difference- when you somethimes have to do it the hard way.
Judy Blume's characters are always flawless and this is no exception- Davy is undeniably human and not perfect.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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I first read this book when I was about eleven or so. I remember sitting in my back garden in the Summer reading Tiger Eyes, but my head was in another world, rich with colour and sound and adventure. Davey, the main character, begins to find herself and come to terms with sorrow as she explores the canyon that they have come to live near. There is nothing I don't like about this book, something that I don't think I can say for too many other books. It still amazes me that Judy Blume has such insight into captivating an audience. I'm 20 now, and my book preferences have changed throughout the years, but I will never be too old to read this again. In fact, this book was such a 'core' book to my growing up and childhood that even now when I'm feeling depressed with life, I know that the magic of Tiger Eyes can revive me. I have to disagree with the comment from another review about it being for girls between the ages of 12-15. I don't think this is a very 'girly' book at all, I think it has a lot to teach everyone. It's easy to read, which is where it gets classed in the childrens fiction section, but it's so beautifully magical, I see no reason that adults should not read it. This book touched me deeply and will remain with me for as long as I can foretell.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Like another of the reviewers I read this book when I was about 13 or 14.It is one of my all-time favourites and helped me to cry for someone else when I couldn't cry for myself. I've read it more than once and passages and words still remain in my head. It has been part of my own emotional growing process. I cannot recommend it enough
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I love Judy Blume, there's just something about her. She really writes a good story. I read this quite recently after I read 'P.S. Read more
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I am 24, and must have been 13 when I read this book, but it really stuck in my mind as a truly excellent book. Read more
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Deals with real life issues up-front.
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Powerful Novel that Deals with Real Life
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A heartbreaking must!
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