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- A fight for his people.Sonny Bear, the Tomahawk Kid, has a championship left hook.
- 240 Pages
- Young Adult Fiction, People & Places
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On the verge of having a shot at the heavyweight boxing championship, nineteen-year-old Sonny Bear finds himself with conflicting loyalties when trouble erupts on his reservation over the construction of a new gambling casino. Sequel to "The Brave"Book Synopsis
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.
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"Dramatic doings, terse and thrilling language, and deftly sketched characters produce a heart-pounding read." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Pulse-pounding action scenes... Memorable sports fiction." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Engrossing and involving, the story has action, character development, humor, and a strong, satisfying finish." -- ALA Booklist
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