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Kong Fu fighting is awesome making this book awesome. This is definitely a book for boys. Quit a bet of boy humor. I like how detail each fighting move is play out. It does slow down the action a bit.

The story felt too short and there could of been more. Fu didn't find anything about his past, hopefully will be cover in the later books.

There are some remarks about hiding like a girl. These boys are warrior monks and don't get to see girl that much. There just being boys and plus there a scene where Fu teaches boys and girls fighting moves. Also there mention of warrior nuns. ( )

"Tiger" is a great book that shows the evolution of a Chinese monk through the years growing up at this Martial Arts temple. This book is the story of Tiger and his "brothers" growing into their "powers" and learning that they need to stop a rouge monk from their past. This boo would be a great book for students to lose themselves in because there is no moral behind this book. The main purpose of this book is to entertain, and the readers will learn a lot about the different martial arts styles in this series.

Lorsque le temple de Tsangschen est détruit, seuls cinq jeunes moines-guerriers en réchappent. Chacun d'eux porte un nom d'animal. Ils se séparent et commencent à enseigner leur art...

Tiger is a great book for young readers who want a simple plot with lots of action. The character is a kung fu trained monk with the spirit and fighting style of a tiger. The plot if full of martial arts, plans for revenge and the typical lessons one would expect in a story from China set in the 1600's. This was a very difficult book to put down, and thanks to the easy writing style it was a very satisfying experience that fit into one sitting. A must-read for young fans of martial arts. ( )

Recommended Ages: Gr. 5-7

Plot Summary: Fu and his "brothers" are monks at a secret temple. They've spent their whole lives learning how to fight and their practice becomes worthwhile when Ying, a monk at their same temple who has turned evil and returned to kill all 100 monks, Grandmaster, and the brothers. Grandmaster is murdered and the brothers divide, but Fu wants to do something to stop Ying. He goes back to take the scrolls Ying is after and escapes to the woods, where he tries to stop hunters from torturing and killing a tiger and her cub. When he hurts the hunters, he is locked up in a cage and learns from a drunkard ex-monk that the hunter had a reason for killing the tiger (it killed his wife). Eventually, Malao comes to Fu's aid and they continue to try to fight Ying.

Setting: Cangzhen Temple, a secret temple, Japan, not too specific but sometime in the 1900s I think, the monks are just seeing guns for the first time

Characters:
Fu - Tiger, wants to fight evil but doesn't always think everything through
Grandmaster - in charge of the secret temple but may have a reason for keeping it secret and creating an "army"
Malao - monkey, 11 y/o, helps Fu at end
Long - dragon, 13 y/o
Seh - snake, 12 y/o
Hok - crane, 12 y/o, is captured by Ying at end of book
Ying - used to be "brothers" with the other animals but turned to evil after blaming Grandmaster for his best friend's death, wants to be a dragon but is trained as an eagle, wants the scrolls to teach how to be a dragon
Tonglong - Ying's number one soldier, fights Fu and loses so owes Fu a life
Commander Yoo - one of Ying's top soldiers
Governor - Fu sees governor in forest torturing and killing a tiger and reacts by fighting them and knocking his son making his ear bleed causing him to be deaf in that ear. Governor is angry and holds Fu hostage in a cage in his village

Recurring Themes: kung fu, family, fighting, good vs. evil, death, animals, survival

Controversial Issues: violence? graphic? Ying kills Grandfather and cuts off his head

Personal Thoughts: This book had a lot of action and a decent amount of character development, yet when I had less than 30 pages left I had no problem putting it down and going to sleep. It was a easy to read middle grade novel.

Genre: Kung fu fantasy (although I can't think of too many things that are really magical at the moment, except for the how each character is like an animal in the sense that the tiger would have claws

Pacing: starts with brothers listening to the fighting and arguing about whether to get involved, lots of action, but lots of thinking about what to do when stuck

Characters: Most of the main characters are fairly well developed

Frame: setting is very important, would help to know what a monk is otherwise may not understand the term brother

Point of view: Third person omniscient