title: Where Have All the Tigers Gone?
author:  Lynn Hall 
description: Grade 7-12-- Fifty-year-old Jo Herne would be an unlikely protagonist for a young adult novel if Hall weren't so adept at weaving teenage issues into this sensitive look at Herne's life. As Jo's plane heads toward Iowa where she will attend a high-school class reunion, Jo mentally relives her childhood. Not unlike other bright teens, she feels like a square peg trying to fit in a round hole. She develops friendships without any depth and goes through the motions of attending dances, roller skating, and hunting for possible boyfriends, all the while feeling awkward and unknown. Her "best friend" Charlotte was chosen by her mother. The boys she liked--Roberto and Bruce--were unreachable. And the unattractive and unpopular Hazel was off limits for obvious reasons. Her best times, Jo thought, were when she was alone--reading or horseback riding. The strength of this novel is in Jo's interest in these classmates and her relationships to them. The reunion offers the insight that links past and present and dispels many youthful misconceptions. The book is a deftly written nostalgic trip of one woman trying to piece together the progression from childhood to the adult world. --Judie Porter, Media Services Center, Portsmouth School Department, R.I.<br />Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  [**Other titles in the same series**](ch00_fm06_con.html#ich00_fm02_other)
  
  
  _Ghost Goalie_
  
  
  The Tigers football team are full of confidence about the next match. But
  their coach falls ill just before they are due to play!  
  The Tigers are desperate. How can they win without him?  
  Perhaps they can, with a very special bit of ghostly help …
  
  
  _Save the Pitch_
  
  
  It’s the crucial last game of the season and the Tigers football team must win
  to go to the top of the League. But the pitch has been invaded by workmen
  laying new pipes, and it looks like the game will be called off. Can the
  Tigers get help – fast?
  
  
  _The Cup Final_
  
  
  The Tigers football team have to win this last game to win the Cup! But
  disaster strikes when their coach’s head becomes stuck in some iron railings
  when trying to get the ball. What can they do to save the match?
  
  
  _Tigers on Television_
  
  
  The Tigers football team have a nail-biting match to 