Tae’s nov­el, When You Trap a Tiger, was vot­ed by the Amer­i­can Library Asso­ci­a­tion’s New­bery com­mit­tee as the most dis­tin­guished con­tri­bu­tion to Amer­i­can lit­er­a­ture for chil­dren for 2021. It’s a sparkling tale about the pow­er of sto­ries and the mag­ic of family.