Rumble Fish - Hardcover

Hinton, S. E.

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0575020997 ISBN 13: 9780575020993

Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1992

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Fourteen-year-old Rusty-James runs one of the meanest gangs in his neighbourhood, his reputation safe mainly because his brother is the widely-feared Motorcycle Boy. But while his brother is now a loner who shuns gangs and fighting, Rusty-James is desperate to belong.

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From the Back Cover:

In the violent ganglands of urban America, Rusty-James at 14 has one burning ambition: to be like his fearless brother the Motorcycle Boy. But the Motorcycle Boy is through with gangs: ‘It wasn’t anything like you think it was. It was just a bunch of punks killing each other, like rumble fish, those Siamese fighting fish who’d kill each other if they could’.

But Rusty-James has to defend his own reputation for toughness and his blind desire leads in the end to an explosive and tragic climax.

About the Author:

S. E. Hinton wrote her first novel, "The Outsiders," when she was 16. She was the recipient of the ALA s first Margaret A. Edwards Award, which honors authors whose books have provided young adults with a window through which they can view their world and which will help them to grow and to understand themselves and their role in society. The author lives in Tulsa, OK."

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