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2) Hands
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Trevor has an adult problem to deal with: how to protect himself, his sisters, and his mother from his abusive stepfather (currently in prison) and he thinks the way to do that is to take up boxing--although he would really rather draw."--
3) That night
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A year ago a mass shooting shook their Queens neighborhood, and both Jess and Lucas were affected in eerily similar and deeply personal ways. Jess struggles to take care of her depressed mother, and Lucas takes up boxing under the ever-watchful eye of his overprotective parents. When their paths converge, they slowly become friends and then something more. They help each other move forward together. But what does it mean to love after an unspeakable...
5) Chessboxer
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Leah Baxter is a genius. She's a few wins away from becoming a junior chess grandmaster, and her life is on course to achieve everything her mom and coach want for her. But Leah is at stalemate, grieving for her father, and feeling suffocated. She decides to make the ultimate sacrifice and quit chess. But chess doesn't want to quit her. Soon Leah discovers her new gambit: chessboxing, a fierce hybrid sport which will test her body and mind to their...
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Max was a gentle rhinoceros, his skin tender and thin. His father told him he had to toughen up, and he surrounded his body with physical protection, such as armor and an iron helmet. Along with his body, his feelings were locked up tight and there was no key to open him.
7) Gravity
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brooklyn. Since Gravity "Doomsday" Delgado started working with Coach Thomas, she been breaking records, breaking her competitors, and breaking the walls inside her. Boxiing is taking her places. She makes friends with other boxers: flirtatious Lefty, hard-to-beat D-Minus, artistic Kimani "Monster" Browne, and a host of others. But things with her mother are reaching a tipping point, and Gravity has to look out for her little brother Ty. With a shot...
8) Brawler
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
High school champion wrestler Eddie MacIntyre does not mind his well-earned reputation as a loose cannon, but when he punches a referee he not only loses his chance at the state championships, he gets expelled from school--facing the strong possibility of joining his father in prison, he runs away and joins an illegal underground fighting ring, where he and a girl fighter named Khajee find themselves trapped in a violent world, run by bad men and...
Series
Boxer ; 2
Publisher
Ize Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"After landing Baeksan in the hospital, Yu finds himself taking up K's offer to join his gym. The legendary coach sweeps Yu away and gives him a new hairstyle, a new place to live, and a new goal: become king of the boxing world! But K's other prodigies aren't too keen on a clueless, scrawny newbie receiving all their trainer's attention...Still, Yu may have bigger fish to fry--his first professional fight has been set, and he's facing the infamous...
Series
Boxer ; 1
Publisher
Ize Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The enigmatic Yu lives his life without joy or purpose. All aspects of the young man are a mystery to those around him...save for his superhuman athletic abilities. Yu has rhythm, grace, and power on the level of the top pound-for-pound fighters, and his potential is too much for the legendary Coach K to ignore. Taking the young prodigy under his wing, the two shock the world of boxing, fight by fight, as Coach K attempts to make Yu the greatest...
