Prizefighter En Mi Casa - Softcover

Charlton-Trujillo, E. E.

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ISBN 10: 0440421179 ISBN 13: 9780440421177

Publisher: Yearling Books, 2007

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Paperback. Pub Date: December 2007 Pages: 224 Publisher: the Yearling Twelve-year-old Chula Sanchez is not thin is not beautiful. And because she's Mexican is not popular in her south Texas town And now that a car accident has left her father paralyzed and her plagued with seizures. she is poor. But Chula's father is determined to pull his family out of debt. He sends for El Jefe - the most revered prizefighter in Mexico. Chula's father hopes that with steel-pipe arms and fists like pit bulls. El Jefe will win the local illegal boxing matches and ing home much-needed money. But El Jefe - a man who many see as a monster - only ings confusion to a home that is already filled with problems. And now Chula must decide for herself whether good and bad can reside in one person and whether you can have strength in your heart when your fists have none.

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Twelve-year-old Chula Sanchez isn’t thin, isn’t beautiful, and because she’s Mexican, isn’t popular in her south Texas town. And now that a car accident has left her father paralyzed and her plagued with seizures, she is poor. But Chula’s father is determined to pull his family out of debt. He sends for El Jefe—the most revered prizefighter in Mexico. Chula’s father hopes that with steel-pipe arms and fists like pit bulls, El Jefe will win the local illegal boxing matches and bring home much-needed money. But El Jefe—a man who many see as a monster—only brings confusion to a home that is already filled with problems. And now Chula must decide for herself whether good and bad can reside in one person and whether you can have strength in your heart when your fists have none.
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About the Author:

Born and raised in south Texas, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo started writing as soon as she could type. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

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