Toughing It

by Nancy Springer

Book Overview

Tuff s father is gone and his mother can barely care for her pack of children in their riverside trailer. Dillon is the only person Tuff can rely on. Then Tuff s life is shattered when his older... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152000089
• ISBN13: 9780152000080
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.4" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Definitely worth reading

I read the German version of the book about a year ago and I liked it because you are confronted with problems our society uses to ignoring, such as alcoholism, teenagers who have difficulty with their (step-)parents due to divorces or don't even know their fathers. After his brother's death, Shawn (called Tuff) swears to take revenge on the murderer and is completely despaired for he has lost the most important person in his life. When he gets to know the man his mother regards as his biological father, that man convinces him that it would make no sense to lose control and Shawn realizes his life has to be continued without his brother Dillon.

Toughing It by Nancy Springer

Toughing It is a book about adolescent anger and the feelings of betrayal. When his brother is senslessly murdured by an unknown killer in front of him, Tuff sets out to find his killer. This book explores the feelings of anger, and is a touching real fiction book. Five stars is a small tribute to this great book!

Toughing It by Nancy Springer

Toughing it is a book about adolescent anger. Tuff is a teenage boy living in a poor neighborhood. His mother has many children with many fathers. Tuff does not recive any affection from her as she is busy with her boyfriends and children. Dillon, his brother, is his only source of affection. So everything is shattered when Dillon is senselessly murdered before his eyes. His drunk mother couldn't care less. So Tuff sets out to find Dillon's killer. Toughing It is about his struggle to accept his brother's death and his lust to track down the killer. Tuff finds that nothing is to be gained by killing the killer. This book is an action-packed exploration of teenage anger and coping with grief. Toughing It overflows with emotion. It deserves many more than five stars. I recomend this book for people 13+ because of severe language. Toughing It is an aweome book.

Toughing It

The book started out by 2 brothers dirt biking through the mountain. There names were Dillion and Tuff. Dillion was shot in the back of the head. The cops came and the found no clues. The only thing they knew is that someone put a trap. When somone would go by it the gun would fire. The cops gave up. They left it unsolved. Tuff was determined to find the killer. Tuffs mother said to go to his father for help. The have been seperated. Tuff was searching for a guy named Penn Lepo. He was supposely Tuff's father. Tuff found Penn and he agreed to help. Tuff and Penn had a lot of exciting problems while trying to solve the murder. I liked the book becuse it kept me reading to solve the mystery. The book had a lots of non stop action going on. I also like how the book started out with one of the most importantand exciting parts first. I would like to read more books by this author because it was a cool mystery.

Read this book if you like mysteries!!!

This book will bring you on an adventure! Read this book and yoi'll love it too!