To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. Her mother, sticken with grief, moves the family to Los Alamos, New Mexico, where she loses herself among the red canyons and pine trees.

It's about a Davey, a teen girl whose normal, happy life is shattered following the tragic death of her father.

It's not full of drama or overly-heightened plot-lines. (It's possible that my conservative hometown's library didn't even have this oft-banned book, or that it was shelved in the adult fiction so sixth-grade Sarah didn't have a chance to discover it along with Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret.) Tiger Eyes set the stage for my lifelong love affair with quiet, character-driven contemporary fiction. I'd read most of the typical Judy Blume books a few years previously, but not this one, which I managed to overlook at my public library. It was the summer between by freshman and sophomore years of high school. I first picked up a raged copy for-and I remember this as clearly as if it were yesterday-50 cents at Powell's Books at the old Beaverton location. I really want to see this movie and am keeping my eyes peeled for its UK release date though news about that has been somewhat vague over here (boo).Tiger Eyes is the single most influential book of my life. You can read more about the cast and crew here and watch the movie trailer here (squee!). Directed by Lawrence Blume (Judy’s son) it promises to be a pretty faithful adaptation to the book, though has been brought forwards to the present a bit more, rather than being set three decades ago, which I suppose is understandable. It’s been touring a lot of independent film festivals in the US since 2012 and has now been released in a host of cinemas over there, to critical acclaim. Or rather, they’ve already made that film.

On my very first blog post I talked about my love for this wonderful novel and I’ve always been of the firm belief that this would make a cracking film. It is a poignant story of coming to terms with grief, family and friendships. Taking place in the late 1970’s, Tiger Eyes tells the story of Davis (Davey) Wexler, a teenage girl from New Jersey who travels to stay with relatives in New Mexico with her mother and younger brother after a shocking family tragedy. I have the rattiest paperback copy of it (below) still tucked away on my goodbookshelf and it’s one of those YA novels that I keep turning back to time and time again, purely for comfort and safe in the fact that even though I know exactly what happens (pretty much word for word), each reading ex perience seems to be better than the next. One of my favourite ever children’s books is Tiger Eyes by the genius that is Judy Blume.

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