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Straight Punch by Monique Polak

Finalist for The QWF Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature in 2014

Straightpunch

Tessa McPhail has a bad habit—tagging—that lands her at New Directions, an alternative school in Montreal’s toughest neighborhood. The school is far from Tessa’s home and full of troubled kids. To make matters worse, half of every school day is devoted to boxing. The other students think boxing is cool. Not Tessa, who cannot handle violence of any kind. But when a neighbor starts a petition to have New Directions closed down, Tessa discovers something worth fighting for, both in and out of the ring.

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English

Children

2014

978-1-45980-391-6

Orca Book Publishers

Victoria, B.C.

2014

256

1

softcover