Chief, The - Softcover

Lipsyte, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0064470970 ISBN 13: 9780064470971

Publisher: HarperTeen, 2003

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Product Description:

Paperback. Pub the Date: March. 1995 Pages: 240 in Publisher by: Harper Collins 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 ooks. 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.

Review:

"Engrossing and involving, the story has action, character development, humor, and a strong, satisfying finish."--ALA Booklist

"Pulse-pounding action scenes... Memorable sports fiction."--Kirkus Reviews

"Dramatic doings, terse and thrilling language, and deftly sketched characters produce a heart-pounding read."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperTeen
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0064470970
• ISBN 13: 9780064470971
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240