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Saldaña, René, Jr.

The Whole Sky Full of Stars

131 pp. | Random/Lamb | March, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-385-73053-2 $15.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-385-90078-2 $18.99
(4) YA Scheming Alby convinces his fight-trained buddy Barry to participate in an all-comers boxing match. Barry needs the money to help his widowed mother pay the bills, while Alby hopes to pay off a gambling debt. The modern-day Texas setting is juxtaposed with language and characters (some frustratingly two-dimensional) seemingly lifted from the old boxing movies the novel resembles.
Reviewer: David Elzey

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