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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-10068813503X
ISBN-139780688135034
eBay Product ID (ePID)24038719817
Product Key Features
Book TitleIron Man
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
TopicSports & Recreation / General, Social Themes / Dating & Relationships, Family / Parents, Social Themes / Physical & Emotional Abuse (See Also Social Themes / Sexual Abuse), General, Social Themes / General (See Also Headings under Family)
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
AuthorChris Crutcher
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight15.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience
LCCN94-001657
Dewey Edition20
Grade FromEighth Grade
Grade ToUP
Dewey DecimalFic
SynopsisBo Brewster has been at war with his father for as long as he can remember. Following angry outbursts at his football coach and English teacher that have cost him his spot on the football team and moved him dangerously close to expulsion from school, he turns to the only adult he believes will listen: Larry King. In his letters to Larry, Bo describes his quest for excellence on his own terms. No more coaches for me, he tells the talk show icon, no more dads. I'm going to be a triathlete, an Ironman. Relegated to Mr. Nak's before-school Anger Management group (which he initially believes to be populated with future serial killers and freeway snipers), Bo meets a hard-edged, down-on-their-luck pack of survivors with stainless steel shields against the world that Bo comes to see are not so different from his own. It is here he meets and falls in love with Shelly, a future American Gladiator, whose passion for physical challenge more than matches his. Ironman is a funny, sometimes heartbreaking story about growing up in the heart of struggle. It is about standing up, getting knocked down, and standing up again. It is about being heard--and learning to listen.