Knockout
Told in assonant free verse, Levi was once a premature baby who suffered from respiratory problems; he recovered, and now in seventh grade, he struggles to demonstrate to his divorced mother and overprotective brother that he is okay--so when his father suggests he take up boxing he falls in love with the sport, but he still must find a way to convince his family to set him free to follow his dream.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 42
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: self-actualization (psychology) [X], brothers, fathers and sons, mothers and sons, divorce, boxing, novels in verse, boxing stories, children of divorced parents, prematurely born children, boys, families [X], family life, self-realization [X], novels in verse, sports fiction, humorous fiction