60 pages • 2 hours read
How to Make Friends with the Dark
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Summary and Study Guide
Overview
How to Make Friends With the Dark (2019) is a young adult novel by Kathleen Glasgow. It follows 16-year-old Grace “Tiger” Tolliver in the aftermath of her mother’s sudden death as she learns how to navigate grief and life on her own. The book explores The Struggles of Coping With Grief, The Challenges of the Foster Care System, and The Importance of Community in Healing.
Kathleen Glasgow is a New York Times best-selling author who writes young adult fiction. Her books have been nominated for numerous school reading awards. How to Make Friends With the Dark was her second novel, and it was named an International Literacy Association Honor Book.
This guide refers to the 2019 Oneworld Publications Kindle edition.
Content Warning: The source material and this guide discuss themes of grief, parental loss, and trauma. They also mention self-harm, suicide, suicidal ideation, and panic attacks, and they contain descriptions of substance abuse, addiction, and domestic violence.
Plot Summary
Grace “Tiger” Tolliver is a 16-year-old girl who lives with her single mother, June. They have no other family, as June’s parents died when she was in college, and Tiger has never known her biological father.
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