{"product_id":"sunday-you-learn-how-to-box-9780684857954","title":"Sunday You Learn How to Box","description":"\u003cb\u003eStrength and resilience fuel an urban teen's fight for survival in this acclaimed novel from Bil Wright that \"delivers a knock-out punch\" (\u003ci\u003eVenus Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFourteen-year-old Louis Bowman lives in a boxing ring--a housing project circa 1968--and is fighting \"just to get to the end of the round.\" Sharing the ring is his mother, Jeanette Stamps, a ferociously stubborn woman battling for her own dreams to be realized; his stepfather, Ben Stamps, the would-be savior, who becomes the sparring partner to them both; and the enigmatic Ray Anthony Robinson, the neighborhood \"hoodlum\" in purple polyester pants, who sets young Louis's heart spinning with the first stirrings of sexual longing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBil Wright deftly evokes an unrelenting world with quirky humor and a clear-eyed perspective in this \"deeply felt coming-of-age novel\" that \"reads like the best of memoirs\" (\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Touchstone Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684857954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.25w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/10\/2000 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2000 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2000 pg. 1086\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/20\/2000 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2000 pg. 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2001 pg. 860\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/24\/2000\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bil Wright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42059045241013,"sku":"9780684857954","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c5effeb6-3585-4f11-8800-8097613b2cb5.jpg?v=1650340837","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sunday-you-learn-how-to-box-9780684857954","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}