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A fist for Joe Louis and me Cover Image Book Book

A fist for Joe Louis and me / Trinka Hakes Noble and illustrated by Nicole Tadgell.

Noble, Trinka Hakes, 1944- (author.). Tadgell, Nicole, 1969- (illustrator.).

Summary:

In this creative nonfiction book, Gordy and Ira, one African-American and one German-Jewish, who live in Depression-era Detroit, bond over a shared interest in boxing as America awaits the rematch between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781534110168
  • ISBN: 153411016X
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
  • Publisher: Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2019]

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Target Audience Note:
610L Lexile

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Subject: Boxing > History > Juvenile literature.
Louis, Joe, 1914-1981 > Juvenile literature.
Schmeling, Max, 1905-2005 > Juvenile literature.
Friendship > Juvenile literature.
Families > Michigan > Detroit > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Juvenile literature.
Germans > Michigan > Juvenile literature.
Jews > United States > Juvenile literature.
Detroit (Mich.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Friendship > Fiction.
Boxing > Fiction.
Family life > Michigan > Detroit > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Germans > Michigan > Fiction.
Jews > United States > Fiction.
Detroit (Mich.) > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Genre: Creative nonfiction.
Informational works.
Picture books.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lawrence County Federated Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at New Castle Public Library.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
New Castle Public Library JBI Biog. Louis (Text) 31902005369616 NWCM Juvenile Biography On Display -

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