A Fist for Joe Louis and Me

by Trinka Hakes Noble

2020-2021 Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award List Gordy and his family live in Detroit, Michigan, the heart of the United States automobile industry. Every night after coming home from work at one of the plants, Gordy's father teaches him how to box. Their hero is the famous American boxer Joe Louis, who grew up in Detroit. But the Great Depression has come down hard on the economy. Detroit's auto industry is affected and thousands of people...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 153411016X
• ISBN13: 9781534110168
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.2" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4