
The Chief
Robert Lipsyte(Author)
Collins (Publisher)
Published on 3. March 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-06-447097-1 (ISBN)
Description
Sonny Bear, the Tomahawk Kid, has a championship left hook, but the heavyweight trail is too full of meatball fights in nowhere towns. He's ready to hang it up.
Alfred Brooks was a contender, then a street-smart New York cop, until a drug dealer's bullet shattered his spine and spirit. Now he's Sonny's manager - but how can you outsmart all the operators in this game from a wheelchair?
Martin Malcolm Witherspoon's a fat, four-eyed bigmouth who calls himself "the only Black in America who can't jump." But he can take on the sleezebags of Las Vegas and Hollywood - and the casino lords and gunmen of the Moscondaga Nation - to save his pals and report the story of their wild and dangerous mission to rescue the Reservation and win the world title.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Target group
Young adult
US School Grade: Third Grade and over, Interest Age: From 13 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 108 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
196 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-06-447097-1 (9780064470971)
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Person
Robert Lipsyte is the author of twelve acclaimed novels for young adults and is the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring his lifetime contribution to the genre. His debut YA novel, The Contender, has sold more than one million copies. He was an award-winning sportswriter for the New York Times and the Emmy-winning host of the nightly public affairs show The Eleventh Hour. He lives on Shelter Island, New York, with his wife, Lois, and his dog, Apollo.