Sharon Draper
Sharon Draper is an American author and educator known for her powerful young adult novels about African American teens. Tears of a Tiger and Out of My Mind have won multiple awards.
Works
- Tears of a TigerBasketball star wrestles with guilt after friend's tragic death by suicide
- Forged by FireBoy survives domestic abuse through survival, determination, and basketball
- Darkness Before DawnTeen faces darkness after previous trauma and violent neighborhood events
- Out of My MindGirl with cerebral palsy pursues her dreams beyond physical limitations
- Copper SunEnslaved girl escapes colonial America seeking freedom and her own identity