Fights

Fights One Boy's Triumph Over Violence

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Publisher's Synopsis

Propelled into a world filled with uncertainty anddesperation, young Joel is pushed toward using violence to solve his problems byeverything and everyone around him. But fighting doesn't always yield the bestresults for a confused and sensitive kid who yearns for a better, morefulfilling life than the one he was born into, as Joel learns in a series ofbrutal conflicts that eventually lead him to question everything he has learnedabout what it truly means to fight for one's life.

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

Book information

ISBN: 9781549303357
Publisher: Oni Press
Imprint: Oni Press
Pub date:
Edition: First edition
DEWEY: 741.5973
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20230720
Language: English
Number of pages: 246
Weight: 548g
Height: 154mm
Width: 229mm
Spine width: 18mm