CONTENT NOTIFICATIONS
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Drug Use/Abuse,Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Underage Use,Language: Strong Language,Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes,Violence: Cruelty to Animals
Why I Fight
By J. Adams Oaks
Publisher
Atheneum
Imprint
Atheneum
ISBN
By J. Adams Oaks
9781416911777
Awards and Honors ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2010; 2009 Booklist Top 10 First Novels for YouthWhy I Fight
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SKU
9781416911777J
When Uncle Spade, an unemployed drifter, saves twelve-year-old Wyatt Reaves from his neglectful parents, Wyatt thinks he's found a real home. But all Spade sees in Wyatt is a potential meal ticket: a taller-than-average kid with a mean punch who could become a bare-fist fighting champion with the proper training. By the time Wyatt is fourteen, he can win any fight-but that doesn't mean he enjoys it. How can he break away from his uncle when Spade is the only family who's ever really cared for him?
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