Jin Woo

David likes his family the way it has always been, just him and Mom and Dad. He never wanted to be a big brother. And he certainly didn't want Jin Woo, the little baby from Korea, to join the family. Now Jin Woo is getting all the attention, and David feels as if no one cares about him anymore. But then a surprising letter helps him to understand that being a brother can mean being surrounded with more love than ever. Eve Bunting and Chris Soentpiet bring the same deep emotion that distinguished their previous collaboration, So Far from the Sea, to this moving story of an adoptive family that has love to spare. Danny, new to town, is proud when a glittery-eyed tiger invites him for a ride. He climbs up onto the tiger"s massive back, and together they cruise the neighborhood. Everyone gives them respect--shopkeepers and passersby, even other kids. Danny feels powerful and much older than ten. Soon, though, he realizes it isn"t respect people feel for him and the tiger--it"s fear. And when he decides to get down off the tiger"s back, he discovers it"s a lot harder than climbing on. Whether the tiger is interpreted to represent gangs, drugs, or something else altogether, this poetically told, dramatically illustrated book is sure to provoke discussions about temptation, peer pressure, and conformity Davey Is Dubious About Having A New Adopted Brother From Korea, But When He Finds Out That His Parents Still Love Him, He Decides That Having A Baby Brother Will Be Fine.