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Karr, Kathleen

The Boxer

169 pp. | Farrar | October, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-374-30921-3 $$16.00
(2) YA Narrated by fifteen-year-old John Aloysius Xavier Woods, the measured plot traces his boxing career, from saloon bouts to his first prizefight, against a vivid backdrop of 1880s Manhattan. Johnny emerges as a sympathetic, admirable character who, in between matches, cares for his siblings, pursues an education, and saves money to move his family from their crowded tenement.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2000

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