Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence

by Joel Christian Gill

Book Overview

A New York Times Best Graphic Novel of 2020
YALSA 2021 Great Graphic Novels for Teens

Fights is the visceral and deeply affecting memoir of artist/author Joel Christian Gill, chronicling his youth and coming of age as a Black child in a chaotic landscape of rough city streets and foreboding backwoods.

Propelled into a world filled with uncertainty and desperation, young Joel is pushed toward using violence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 154930335X
• ISBN13: 9781549303357
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Oni Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12