| Tap Out Contributor(s): Devine, Eric (Author) |
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ISBN: 0762445696 ISBN-13: 9780762445691 Publisher: Running Press Kids OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Martial Arts - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Physical & Emotional Abuse (see Also Social Themes - Sexual |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2012934247 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.70 lbs) 320 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 156912 Reading Level: 3.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Seventeen-year-old Tony Antioch lives in Pleasant Meadows, a trailer park where questions aren't asked since everyone already knows the answers from their own experience. He dreams of rescuing his mother from her constant stream of abusive boyfriends but in reality can barely duck the punches that are aimed at himself. When Tony is coerced into joining his friend Rob's Mixed Martial Arts class, he is surprised to find that he has a talent that he actually wants to develop. But with a meth-dealing biker gang that is hungry for recruits and a vicious cycle of poverty and violence that precedes him, Tony is going to need a lot more than blood and guts to find a way out. Gritty, powerful, and unapologetic, Tap Out explores what it takes to stay true to oneself and the consequences of the choices made along the way in order to do so. |