A Fist for Joe Louis and Me

by Trinka Hakes Noble

Book Overview

2020-2021 Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award List

Against the backdrop of the 1938 Fight of the Century, a young boy learns what it means to make a stand for a friend

Gordy and his family live in Detroit, Michigan, the heart of the United States automobile industry. Every night after coming home from work at one of the plants, Gordy's father teaches him how to box. Their hero is the famous American boxer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 153411016X
• ISBN13: 9781534110168
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.2" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4