A fist for Joe Louis and me / Trinka Hakes Noble and illustrated by Nicole Tadgell.
Material type:
TextSeries: Tales of young Americans seriesPublisher: Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2019]Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781534110168
- 153411016X
- Boxing -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- Louis, Joe, 1914-1981 -- Juvenile fiction
- Schmeling, Max, 1905-2005 -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Germans -- Michigan -- Juvenile fiction
- Jews -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Detroit (Mich.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Historical Events | Noble Trinka H | Available | 33111009552676 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
2020-2021 Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award ListGordy and his family live in Detroit, Michigan, the heart of the United States automobile industry. Every night after coming home from work at one of the plants, Gordy's father teaches him how to box. Their hero is the famous American boxer Joe Louis, who grew up in Detroit. But the Great Depression has come down hard on the economy. Detroit's auto industry is affected and thousands of people lose their jobs, including Gordy's father. When his mother takes on work with a Jewish tailor, Gordy becomes friends with Ira, the tailor's son, bonding over their shared interest in boxing and Joe Louis. As the boys' friendship grows, Gordy feels protective of Ira, wanting to help the new boy fit in. At the same time, America is gearing up for the rematch between Joe Louis and the German boxer, Max Schmeling. For many Americans this fight is about good versus evil (US against Nazi Germany). Against the backdrop of the 1938 Fight of the Century, a young boy learns what it means to make a stand for a friend.
Gordy and Ira, one African-American and one German-Jewish, who live in Depression-era Detroit, bond over a shared interest in boxing as America awaits the rematch between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling.