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The Boxer
by Nikesh Shukla
The Boxer is a powerful YA contemporary about seventeen-year-old Sunny, who starts learning to box after a racist attack. Set in Bristol, the narrative cuts between the past, in the days immediately preceding and following the attack, and the present, where Sunny is taking part in his first fight after months of training with his new mentor, Shobu. Over ten rounds in the ring, we see his self-doubt, his determination, his fear, his courage, and his pain as he begins to lose his best friend to far-right radicalisation.
This is a compelling and important new read by a much-loved author. Much as I love books about London, I appreciate that [a:Nikesh Shukla|4428916|Nikesh Shukla|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1297525947p2/4428916.jpg] explores a different city in this book, as we don’t see enough of the rest of Britain in YA.
Make sure you pick this up in June. You’re going to love Sunny – he’s such a realistically complex and sympathetic protagonist – and you’ll be cheering yourself hoarse for him long before you’ve turned the final page.
This is a compelling and important new read by a much-loved author. Much as I love books about London, I appreciate that [a:Nikesh Shukla|4428916|Nikesh Shukla|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1297525947p2/4428916.jpg] explores a different city in this book, as we don’t see enough of the rest of Britain in YA.
Make sure you pick this up in June. You’re going to love Sunny – he’s such a realistically complex and sympathetic protagonist – and you’ll be cheering yourself hoarse for him long before you’ve turned the final page.