Fight like a girl : a novel
Book |
Penguin Teen,
[Toronto] :
2020.
- 4 of 4 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Ridge | YP FIC KAMAL 2020 | Teen | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Fleming - Beamsville | Y FIC Kamal | Teen | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Rittenhouse - Vineland | Y FIC Kamal | Teen | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Welland Main | YP FIC Kamal | Teen | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
Love and violence. In some families they're bound up together, dysfunctional and poisonous, passed from generation to generation like eye color or a quirk of smile. Trisha's trying to break the chain, channeling her violent impulses into Muay Thai kickboxing, an unlikely sport for a slightly built girl of Trinidadian descent. Her father comes and goes as he pleases, his presence adding a layer of tension to Toronto's east-end townhouse Trisha and her mom call home, every punch he lands on her mother carving itself indelibly into Trisha's mind. Until the night he wanders out drunk in front of the car Trisha is driving, practicing on her learner's permit, her mother in the passenger seat. Her father is killed, and her mother seems strangely at peace. Lighter, somehow. Trisha doesn't know exactly what happened that night, but she's afraid it's going to happen again. Her mom has a new man in her life and the patterns, they are repeating.
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Details
- ISBN: 0735265550
- ISBN: 9780735265554
- Physical Description: 272 pagesprint
- Publisher: [Toronto] : Penguin Teen, 2020.
- General Note: LSC 21.99Forest of Reading Award Nominee, 2022White Pine Award Nominee, 2022
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Awards Note:
White Pine Award Nominee, 2022Forest of Reading Award Nominee, 2022