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22) Girls can't hit
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Fleur Waters never takes anything seriously until she shows up at her local boxing club one day to prove a point. She's the only girl there, and the warm-up alone is exhausting, but the workout gives her an escape from home and school, and when she lands her first uppercut on a punching bag she feels a rare glow of satisfaction. So she goes back the next week, determined to improve. Fleur's overprotective mom can't abide the idea of her entering a...
23) Incinerator
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After the bloody deaths of his parents, Finn Maguire is determined to make a fresh start, running a boxing gym but when loan sharks target his business partner and his lawyer vanishes with his money, Finn is dragged into London's underworld again, with only his fists and wits to keep him alive.
24) Knock out
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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.
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Kosaku Hatanaka is a pro boxer with promise, but he's also the bane of his coach's existence because Kosaku can't control his appetite, which plays havoc with his weight class. Sister Angela is a young nun that keeps drawing Kosaku's attention. Can her faith help Kosaku win his battle of the gut?