The Berlin Boxing Club
&#8220;Sharenow delivers a masterful historical novel.&#8221; (Publishers Weekly (starred review))&#8220;A story with well-drawn, complex characters, gripping history, and intense emotion.&#8221; (School Library Journal (starred review))&#8220;A fine one-two punch with the author&#8217;s previous powerful work, My Mother the Cheerleader.&#8221; (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))&#8220;Readers will be drawn [in] by the sports detail and by the close-up narrative ofthe daily oppression.&#8221; (ALA Booklist)&#8220;A meaty, readable account of the perils and pitfalls of daily life in Nazi Germany.&#8221; (The Horn Book)&#8220;This beautifully written coming-of-age story puts a human face on both the victims and the tormentors during the holocaust while revealing on a national level the political importance and implications of the historic match between black boxer Joe Louis and German hero Max Schmeling.&#8221; (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA))&#8220;I held my breath as Karl Stern, fierce and thoughtful, fought his way through the Nazi Wolf Pack and his own insecurities to save his family and become a boxer and an artist.&#8221; (Robert Lipsyte, author of THE CONTENDER and CENTER FIELD)Praise for MY MOTHER THE CHEERLEADER:&#8220;Readers will be held fast by the history told from the inside.&#8221; (Booklist (starred review))Praise for MY MOTHER THE CHEERLEADER:&#8220;Powerfully written.&#8221; (School Library Journal (starred review))Praise for MY MOTHER THE CHEERLEADER:&#8220;Teens should remain riveted right through the devastating conclusion to Sharenow&#8217;s promising work of historical fiction.&#8221; (Publishers Weekly)