Copyright © 2019 by Neil Connelly

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Connelly, Neil O., author.

Title: Brawler / Neil Connelly.

Description: First edition. | New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2019. | Summary: High school champion wrestler Eddie MacIntyre does not mind his well-earned reputation as a loose cannon, but when he punches a referee he not only loses his chance at the state championships, he gets expelled from school — facing the strong possibility of joining his father in prison, he runs away and joins an illegal underground fighting ring, where he and a girl fighter named Khajee find themselves trapped in a violent world, run by bad men and gamblers.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018017568| ISBN 9781338157758 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 1338157752 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Boxing stories. | Hand-to-hand fighting — Juvenile fiction. | Violence in sports — Juvenile fiction. | Aggressiveness — Juvenile fiction. | Organized crime — Juvenile fiction. | Gambling — Juvenile fiction. | Man-woman relationships — Juvenile fiction. | CYAC: Boxing — Fiction. | Hand-to-hand fighting — Fiction. | Aggressiveness — Fiction. | Organized crime — Fiction. | Gambling — Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.C76186 Br 2019 | DDC [Fic] — dc23 LC record available at https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=2018017568&searchType=1&permalink=y

First edition, April 2019

Jacket design by Phil Falco

e-ISBN 978-1-338-15776-5

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