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Knockout


No. of pages 288

Published: 2018

Great for age 9-12 years

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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 daddivorced from his momsuggests 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?

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 10 years.

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published in 2018 by Chronicle Books .

K. A. Holt is the author of Rhyme Schemer, along with several other books for young people.

 

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Cybils Award - Poetry
This book was recognised in the Poetry category by the Cybils Award. The Cybils Awards is a group of readers passionate about seeking out and recognizing books that represent diversity, inclusion, and appropriate representation for children and teens. To accomplish that goal, the Cybils Awards works to recognize books written for children and young adults that combine both the highest literary merit and popular appeal.

"Light on its feet, and fiercely big-hearted." -Adam Rex, New York Times-bestselling author of The True Meaning of Smekday

 

"Fast and victorious." - Kirkus Reviews

 

"An appealing story that most readers will find to be, yes, a knockout." -Booklist