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Straight Punch

Monique Polak

CELA Library

Type:

Fiction

Categories:

School & Education | Sports & Recreation | Social Themes

Themes:

General, Martial Arts, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

Language:

English

Publisher:

Orca Book Publishers

Grade Level:

8-12

Age Range:

12

Accessible Format Availability:

CELA Library

Where to buy it

Apple Books

Description

Tessa gets caught tagging and ends up in an alternative school where boxing is a big part of the program.
Tessa McPhail has a bad habit—tagging—that lands her at New Directions, an alternative school in Montreal’s toughest neighborhood. The school is far from Tessa’s home and full of troubled kids. To make matters worse, half of every school day is devoted to boxing. The other students think boxing is cool. Not Tessa, who cannot handle violence of any kind. But when a neighbor starts a petition to have New Directions closed down, Tessa discovers something worth fighting for, both in and out of the ring.

Contributors

Monique Polak is the author of more than thirty books for young people. She is the three-time winner of the Quebec Writers' Federation Prize for Children's and YA Literature for her novels Hate Mail, What World is Left and Room for One More. In addition to teaching at Marianopolis College in Montreal, Monique is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in Maclean's Magazine, the Montreal Gazette and other Postmedia newspapers. She is also a columnist on ICI Radio-Canada's Plus on est de fous, plus on lit! In 2016, Monique was the CBC/Quebec Writers' Federation inaugural writer-in-residence. Monique lives in Montreal.

Formats

ISBN13: 9781459803916

Publication Date: 03/01/2014

Price: $12.95 CAD

ISBN13: 9781459803923

Publication Date: 03/01/2014

Price: $10.99 CAD

ISBN13: 9781459803930

Publication Date: 03/01/2014

Price: $10.99 CAD

ISBN13: N/A

Awards

YALSA Quick Picks selectionCommended

Quebec Writer's Federation nomineeShort-listed

Stellar Book Award nomineeShort-listed

Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the YearCommended

Junior Library Guild selectionCommended

CCBC Best BooksCommended

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