Katandra Shanel's Blog: Life Is Just Awful. Ain't It? - Posts Tagged "influential-books"

Book 1 is one of the earliest books I can recall having an impact on the way I felt! Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume, a 1981 young adult novel. The story is about a girl who's father is killed. Her mother decides it's best to relocate the family for a while. Everyone must come to terms with the cruelties of life and each must decide if they can trust to live again. The original version of the book included a scene where Davey 'Tiger' masturbated while thinking of 'Wolf', a local boy in the new town. The scene was edited out of the final published book due to the young readership. Due to the un-sugarcoated nature of the book's content, 'Tiger Eyes' was placed on the 100 most frequently challenged list 1990-1999 {See more http://www.ala.org/bbooks/100-most-fr...}. This is not the only book of Judy Blume's to make the list. Hmmmm. How peculiar (I feel myself slipping into research mode and another blog post coming on). 'Tiger Eyes' is an awesome coming of age story. It's the perfect reminder to those young and old that sh!t happens. You can lie down with the dieing or you can get busy living!