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Mary-Todd, Jonathan

The Giant

100 pp. | Darby Creek | March, 2014 | Library ISBN 978-1-4677-1457-0 $27.93 | Paper ISBN 978-1-4677-2161-5 $7.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4677-2411-1
(3) YA Bareknuckle series. Set in a nineteenth-century NYC Bowery underground boxing club, these fast-paced and involving hi-lo novels--filled with fight action, intrigue, adventure, and a multiethnic cast of characters--starkly portray the social, political, and economic realities of the period and place. There are recurring secondary characters, but each book's unique central character drives the plot and resolves the story's conflicts. Compelling, reluctant-reader-friendly historical fiction. Review covers these Bareknuckle titles: Lightning's Run, The Giant, The Big Fix, and Fighter's Alley.
Reviewer: Jack Forman

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