The Chief

“Engrossing and involving, the story has action, character development, humor, and a strong, satisfying finish.” Informationen zum Autor Robert Lipsyte is the author of twelve acclaimed novels for young adults and is the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring his lifetime contribution to the genre. His debut YA novel, The Contender, has sold more than one million copies. He was an award-winning sportswriter for the New York Times and the Emmy-winning host of the nightly public affairs show The Eleventh Hour . He lives on Shelter Island, New York, with his wife, Lois, and his dog, Apollo. Klappentext Sonny Bear, the Tomahawk Kid, has a championship left hook, but the heavyweight trail is too full of meatball fights in nowhere towns. He's ready to hang it up. Alfred Brooks was a contender, then a street-smart New York cop, until a drug dealer's bullet shattered his spine and spirit. Now he's Sonny's manager - but how can you outsmart all the operators in this game from a wheelchair? Martin Malcolm Witherspoon's a fat, four-eyed bigmouth who calls himself "the only Black in America who can't jump." But he can take on the sleezebags of Las Vegas and Hollywood - and the casino lords and gunmen of the Moscondaga Nation - to save his pals and report the story of their wild and dangerous mission to rescue the Reservation and win the world title. Zusammenfassung A fight for his people. Sonny Bear, the Tomahawk Kid, has a championship left hook. But his boxing career's going nowhere, and he's ready to hang it up. Then his manager, tough ex-cop Alfred Brooks, and his "writer," college boy Martin Malcolm Witherspoon, scheme Sonny into a glitzy Las Vegas match. Suddenly he's everybody's darling and headed for Hollywood stardom. But fame isn't all it's cracked up to be, and Sonny needs to make the fight of his life to decide where he really belongs.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Lipsyte, Robert Lipsyte
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.03.2003
• EAN: 9780064470971
• ISBN: 978-0-06-447097-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Science Fiction / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Class Differences *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Sports & Recreation / Football *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Sports & Recreation / Skateboarding *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Sports & Recreation / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fantasy / Contemporary *