Fighting Ruben Wolfe (25th Anniversary Edition) Markus Zusak (Signed Copy)

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A new paperback edition, with illustrated front and back cover.
Publisher: Scholastic Australia
Published: 1 December 2023
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It’s the difference between being a winner and being a fighter…

Cameron and Ruben Wolfe are brothers from a family clinging to the ragged edge of the working class. Initially to make some money, the boys hook up with a sleazy fight promoter who sees something marketable and audience-pleasing in the untrained brothers’ vulnerability.

So they hide the boxing from their long-suffering mother. And Cameron hides what’s going on in his head from the girls who come to the matches, the girls he wishes he could reach.

But the Wolfes soon find that they’re fighting for more than tips and pay-off money. It becomes for them a fight for identity, for dignity, and for each other.

The question is, in a fight like that, who makes it out of the ring intact?

Every dog has his day. I say, ‘Don’t lose your heart, Rube.’ My brother answers me. He says, ‘I’m not tryin’ to lose it, Cam. I’m tryin’ to find it.’ The Wolfe brothers know how to fight-they’ve been fighting all their lives. Now there’s more at stake than just winning. A wry, perceptive story, sequel to The Underdog, from best-selling author Markus Zusak.

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Weight 0.210 kg