Tag: YA fiction
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#93: ‘The Boxer’ by Nikesh Shukla
‘The Boxer’ is Nikesh Sukla’s Young Adult-genre novel, published by Hodder Children’s Books in 2019. The boxer in question is teenager Sunil, the victim of a racist attack in Bristol, who eventually finds himself in a boxing gym in an attempt to learn self-defence. As he begins to train, ‘Sunny’ battles the traumatic effects of…
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#12: ‘Fighting Ruben Wolfe’ by Markus Zusak
‘Fighting Ruben Wolfe’ is a fiction novel written for the Young Adult audience by Markus Zusak. Set in Australia, this book is centred around two brothers, Ruben and Cameron, who accidentally find their way into the world of underground unlicensed boxing. The book explores themes of class, aggression, violence and masculinity through the eyes of…
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