Shadow BoxerBoxing is the family sport—but it’s killing the family in this riveting read from the author of Inexcusable, a National Book Award finalist. It’s been five years since his father died, and fourteen-year-old George is the man of the family. He knows all too well how brutal the life of a fighter can be. Didn’t it kill his father? But Monty, George’s younger brother, has a completely different attitude. Boxing comes naturally to him. It’s in his blood. He thinks of it as his father’s legacy. Unless George figures out a way to stop it, will boxing kill Monty, too? |
Contents
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Monty Got Soul | 22 |
The Head | 38 |
Legacy | 58 |
Slipping Grip | 81 |
I0 My Job | 94 |
The Willies | 108 |
I2 Every Man for Himself | 132 |
I4 Adams Apple | 145 |
I7 Let It Bleed | 160 |
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