The Berlin Boxing Club
by Sharenow, Robert
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award/HonorGermanyHistorical FictionNazisJunior Library Guild Selection2011 Summer Jr./Sr. HighYALSA Best Fiction for Young AdultsYALSA Popular Paperbacks
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AR Book Level
5.7
AR Points
13
Word Count
83,308
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
329049 EN
About this book
In 1936 Berlin, 14-yr-old Karl, considered Jewish despite a non-religious upbringing, learns to box from the legendary Max Schmeling while struggling with the realities of the Holocaust. The plot contains mild profanity, sexual references and violence.
