Fighting Words

From the Series Bareknuckle

  • Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 12
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

Myles McReary is trying to save up enough money to bring his family over from Ireland. And he’s doing it the only way he knows: through bareknuckle boxing. Myles is one of the toughest young fighters at the Bowery’s Woodrat Club. Even so, when the Woodrat arranges a match between Myles and Giancarlo Sperio, the best boxer in Harlem, Myles worries he’s met his match.

Myles knows he can’t back down. If he does, he’ll fail his family. So he turns to Father O’Carroll, a mysterious neighborhood priest. But Father O’Carroll’s solution gives Will a whole new set of problems…

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Interest Level Grade 6 - Grade 12
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre High/Low, Young Adult
Copyright 2014
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Darby Creek ™
Language English
Number of Pages 96
Publication Date 2014-01-01
Reading Counts! Level 4.7
Text Type Fiction—Historical
BISACS YAF059090, YAF058100, YAF024150
Dewey [Fic]
Dimensions 5.25 x 7.5
Lexile 780
ATOS Reading Level 5.0
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 164138
Accelerated Reader® Points 2.0
Features Author/Illustrator biography

Author: A. S. Acheson