The Boxer
Author | : Nikesh Shukla |
Publisher | : Hodder Children's Books |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2019-06-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781444940701 |
ISBN-13 | : 1444940708 |
Rating | : 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Told over the course of the ten rounds of his first fight, this is the story of amateur boxer Sunny. A seventeen year old feeling isolated and disconnected in the city he's just moved to, Sunny joins a boxing club to learn to protect himself after a racist attack. He finds the community he's been desperately seeking at the club, and a mentor in trainer Shobu, who helps him find his place in the world. But racial tensions are rising in the city, and when a Far Right march through Bristol turns violent, Sunny is faced with losing his new best friend Keir to radicalisation. A gripping, life-affirming YA novel about friendship, radicalisation and finding where you belong.