Strength and resilience fuel an urban teenโs fight for survival in this acclaimed novel from Bil Wright that โdelivers a knock-out punchโ (Venus Magazine).
Fourteen-year-old Louis Bowman lives in a boxing ringโa housing project circa 1968โand is fighting โjust to get to the end of the round.โ Sharing the ring is his mother, Jeanette Stamps, a ferociously stubborn woman battling for her own dreams to be realized; his stepfather, Ben Stamps, the would-be savior, who becomes the sparring partner to them both; and the enigmatic Ray Anthony Robinson, the neighborhood โhoodlumโ in purple polyester pants, who sets young Louisโs heart spinning with the first stirrings of sexual longing.
Bil Wright deftly evokes an unrelenting world with quirky humor and a clear-eyed perspective in this โdeeply felt coming-of-age novelโ that โreads like the best of memoirsโ (School Library Journal).
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