The Resource The bones of me, Kel Duckhouse
The bones of me, Kel Duckhouse
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The item The bones of me, Kel Duckhouse represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
Resource Information
The item The bones of me, Kel Duckhouse represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
- Summary
- Told in dynamic verse and prose, The Bones of Me is a thrilling debut novel about friends and family amid the world of amateur boxing. For fans of The Crossover and The Hate You Give. "The combination of verse and prose keeps the pace moving, and colloquialisms add to the sense of place. A textured coming-of-age story deeply rooted in a working-class community." Kirkus Reviews Dynamic verse and sincere prose...Prominent messages about classism and forgiveness add layers to this insightful rendering of the amateur boxing world. Publishers Weekly "An uncompromising and unflinching novel that certainly packs a punch." Brian Conaghan, author of The Boy Who Made it Rain "Gutsy, gripping and dangerous yet full of heart, truth and soul. Duckhouse's exceptional debut floats like a butterfly, stings like a poet." - Keith Gray, author of Ostrich Boys and The Climbers Living on an East London council estate has its worries - and life for 15 year old Molly hasn't always been easy. But she has a dream, a dream to be a boxer just like her older brother Denny. When he agrees to train her, she couldn't be more excited. But one night everything changes. There's an assault outside Molly's local boxing club, Denny's nowhere to be found and the police are after him. Molly must prove her brother's innocence and delve into the underbelly of East London, and her family history where new and old secrets are revealed..
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The bones of me
- Title
- The bones of me
- Statement of responsibility
- Kel Duckhouse
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Told in dynamic verse and prose, The Bones of Me is a thrilling debut novel about friends and family amid the world of amateur boxing. For fans of The Crossover and The Hate You Give. "The combination of verse and prose keeps the pace moving, and colloquialisms add to the sense of place. A textured coming-of-age story deeply rooted in a working-class community." Kirkus Reviews Dynamic verse and sincere prose...Prominent messages about classism and forgiveness add layers to this insightful rendering of the amateur boxing world. Publishers Weekly "An uncompromising and unflinching novel that certainly packs a punch." Brian Conaghan, author of The Boy Who Made it Rain "Gutsy, gripping and dangerous yet full of heart, truth and soul. Duckhouse's exceptional debut floats like a butterfly, stings like a poet." - Keith Gray, author of Ostrich Boys and The Climbers Living on an East London council estate has its worries - and life for 15 year old Molly hasn't always been easy. But she has a dream, a dream to be a boxer just like her older brother Denny. When he agrees to train her, she couldn't be more excited. But one night everything changes. There's an assault outside Molly's local boxing club, Denny's nowhere to be found and the police are after him. Molly must prove her brother's innocence and delve into the underbelly of East London, and her family history where new and old secrets are revealed..
- Cataloging source
- PABRO
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Duckhouse, Kel
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Boxers (Sports)
- Violence
- Novels in verse
- Family secrets
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- The bones of me, Kel Duckhouse
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 206 pages
- Isbn
- 9781914343032
- Isbn Type
- (softcover)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- The bones of me, Kel Duckhouse
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 206 pages
- Isbn
- 9781914343032
- Isbn Type
- (softcover)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
Subject
- Boxers (Sports) -- Young adult fiction
- Family secrets -- Young adult fiction
- trueGentrification of cities
- trueInnocence (Law)
- trueInterclass friendship
- Novels in verse
- Poverty
- Siblings
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Violence -- Young adult fiction
- Women boxers
- Boxing
- trueEast End, London, England
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