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Fighting Words
Contributor(s): Acheson, A. S. (Author)
ISBN: 1467721654     ISBN-13: 9781467721653
Publisher: Darby Creek Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $7.16  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2014
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family)
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2013029598
Lexile Measure: 780
Series: Bareknuckle
Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.26" W x 7.56" (0.29 lbs) 96 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Locality - New York, N.Y.
- Geographic Orientation - New York
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 164138
Reading Level: 5.0   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 2.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

Myles McReary is trying to save up enough money to bring his family over from Ireland. And he's doing it the only way he knows: through bareknuckle boxing. Myles is one of the toughest young fighters at the Bowery's Woodrat Club. Even so, when the Woodrat arranges a match between Myles and Giancarlo Sperio, the best boxer in Harlem, Myles worries he's met his match.

Myles knows he can't back down. If he does, he'll fail his family. So he turns to Father O'Carroll, a mysterious neighborhood priest. But Father O'Carroll's solution gives Will a whole new set of problems...