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Squaring off

Leonard Todd

1990150 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1990
first published
  • 1990Viking · 150 pages · ENGISBN 9780670833771
  • 1999Penguin Publishing Group · ENGISBN 9780140344585

Thirteen-year-old Willy tries to become a boxer to win the respect of his war hero father and the attention of Lujane Jessup, the stripper who has arrived to complicate his life.

How it reads

Character focusSmall ensemble

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesFamily
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