Wanting to protect her grandmother and family, Lily goes to the library to research tigers. Halmoni tells Lily that, even though she trapped the tigers in a cave long ago, they must’ve broken free and are hunting her, wanting back what she stole. She scooped up the stars in jars and closed them tight so that she’d never have to hear bad stories again. One night, after Lily sees her halmoni getting sick, Halmoni tells her about what she stole from the tigers when she was a little girl: the stars that are filled with stories. Her grandmother says that she stole something from the tiger long ago and now the tiger wants it back. When Lily tells Halmoni about the tiger, Halmoni says that the tigers are looking for her, and warns Lily to stay away from them. On the drive to Washington, Lily is shocked when she sees a tiger in the middle of the road, and confused when she realizes that her mother and sister did not see it. Their father died in a car accident, and now their beloved halmoni (Korean for grandmother) is ill. Lily, her older sister Sam, and their mother have moved from sunny California to rainy Washington state.
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