Fighting Ruben Wolfe

Keep it clean, fellas.nFair fight.nOkay.nDo it.nDon't go down.nIf you go down, get up.nThe bell, the fists, the fight.nIt begins, and the first round is death.nThe second round is the coffin.nThe third is the funeral.nnThe Wolfe brothers know how to fight - they've been fighting all their lives. Now there's more at stake than just winning.

About the Author
Markus Zusak, a prize-winning author, lives in Sydney with his wife and daughter.

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Written with a spare, gritty authenticity, this is a compelling and refreshingly brief novel by the author of the bestselling The Book Thief.,Originally published in Zusak's native Australia three years before the hugely successful The Book Thief hit these shores, Fighting Ruben Wolfe is a lithe and affecting short novel about two brothers who become lured into the seedy underbelly of an illegal boxing ring in order to make some money to help out their parents. With echoes of the vulnerable and questioning first person narrative of The Outsiders, this is a fiery and ruminative novel for young teenagers.,Gritty novella about tough lives in tough neighbourhoods at tough economic times. Short, sharp and punchy, it has moments of savage humour and pure pathos. There's poetry in every life - even when it's seeped in violence.,An impressive and heartwarming story of fraternal and familial bonding.,The novel is […] a knockout