Knockout / K.A. Holt.
Material type:
TextPublisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2018]Description: 339 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781452163581
- 1452163588
- Knock out
- Prematurely born children -- Juvenile fiction
- Children of divorced parents -- Juvenile fiction
- Mothers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
- Brothers -- Juvenile fiction
- Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
- Divorce -- Juvenile fiction
- Boxers (Sports) -- Juvenile fiction
- Boxing -- Fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | 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 | Holt K. A. | Available | 33111009168887 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Levi just wants to be treated like a typical kid. As a baby, he had a serious disease that caused him respiratory issues. He's fine now, but his mom and overprotective brother still think of him as damaged, and his schoolmates see him as the same class clown he's always been. He feels stuck. So when his dad--divorced from his mom--suggests he take up boxing, he falls in love with the sport. And when he finds out about a school with a killer boxing team and a free-study curriculum, it feels like he's found a ticket to a new Levi. But how can he tell his mom about boxing? And how can he convince his family to set him free?
Told in assonant free verse, Levi was once a premature baby who suffered from respiratory problems; he recovered, and now in seventh grade, he struggles to demonstrate to his divorced mother and overprotective brother that he is okay--so when his father suggests he take up boxing, he falls in love with the sport, but he still must find a way to convince his family to set him free to follow his dream.