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Redhanded Redhanded Michael Cadnum Since he cannot depend on his father, Stephen feels as though his only chance to make it to the big boxing tournament is to go along with the dangerous plan of a local tough guy to whom he has been i… OL15012273W
The contender The contender Robert Lipsyte A Harlem high school dropout escapes from a gang of punks into a boxing gym, where he learns that being a contender is hard and often discouraging work, but that you don't know anything until you try. OL15136631W
Berlin Boxing Club Berlin Boxing Club Robert Sharenow Karl Stern has never thought of himself as a Jew. But the bullies at his school in Nazi-era Berlin, don't care that Karl has never been in a synagogue or that his family doesn't practice religion. De… OL16482212W
Phoenix Island Phoenix Island John Dixon When a tough sixteen-year-old boxing champ sentenced to an isolated boot camp discovers it is actually a mercenary training facility turning "throwaway children" into scientifically enhanced killers,… OL17187773W
Lightning's run Lightning's run Gabriel Goodman Bullied relentlessly, Hiram Goldfarb, a Jewish immigrant in nineteenth-century New York City, learns bareknuckle fighting from a former slave wanted for a heinous crime in the South. OL17871462W
Fighting words Fighting words A. S. Acheson In nineteenth-century New York City, as Irish immigrant Myles McReary prepares to fight the mighty Giancarlo Sperio, a renegade priest gives Myles a relic that he claims will disorient Giancarlo--a r… OL17876124W
The giant The giant Jonathan Mary-Todd In 1874 Manhattan, Luc, sixteen, at nearly seven feet tall and seemingly impervious to pain, has become a local boxing star but when kangaroos are introduced to the ring, Luc's tender heart leads him… OL17890349W
Straight punch Straight punch Monique Polak "How bad can an alternative school be? Tessa McPhail has landed at New Directions, a last-chance school in Montreal's roughest neighborhood. The kids are tough and the school is far from home, but th… OL17913282W
Joe Louis, my champion Joe Louis, my champion Miller, William After listening to the radio broadcast of the heavyweight championship boxing fight of his hero, Joe Louis, a young African American boy realizes that he can emulate the boxer's persistence and striv… OL18436677W
Mr Biff the Boxer Mr Biff the Boxer Allan Ahlberg Billy and Betty Biff toughen up their dad for his big charity fight against the very fit Mr. Bop. OL1971567W
The Brave The Brave Robert Lipsyte Sonny's been an outsider all his life.He has never fit into either world: the Moscondagas on the Reservation see him as white; whites see him as Indian. So far, Sonny's managed to harness his anger —… OL2704582W
The Contender The Contender Robert Lipsyte Before you can be a champion,you have to be a contender.Alfred Brooks is scared. He's a high school dropout and his grocery store job is leading nowhere. His best friend is sinking further and furthe… OL2704583W
Fighting Ruben Wolfe Fighting Ruben Wolfe Markus Zusak Partly because of their family's poor finances and partly to prove themselves, brothers Ruben and Cameron take jobs as fighters and find themselves reacting very differently in the boxing ring. OL5819459W
The boxer The boxer Kathleen Karr Having learned how to box while in prison, fifteen-year-old Johnny sets out to discover if he can make a decent living as a fighter in late nineteenth-century New York City. OL64186W
The Boxer and the Spy The Boxer and the Spy Robert B. Parker Another teen thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of the Spenser mysteries. When a shy high school student's body is found washed up on the shore of a quiet New England beach town—an a… OL7967622W