Takedown - Couverture souple

Bryan, Ali

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1770867406 ISBN 13 : 9781770867406

Editeur : Cormorant Books,Canada, 2024

Synopsis

With an upcoming international tournament where top college recruiters will take note, sixteen-year-old Rowan trains to earn a scholarship and secure her planned future with her Shakespeare-thespian boyfriend, Ozzy. But when a costly treatment for her father’s worsening ALS symptoms emerges in Sweden, Rowan decides to train with an MMA fighter at her gym to fight and make money in an underground ― and illegal ― fight club. As Rowan delves into the world of cage-fighting, risking her relationship and her wrestling career, she soon learns that no amount of money ― or fighting ― can solve her problems.Takedownis a high-intensity coming-of-age story about familial grief and competitive combat, with lots of heart, hope, and headlocks.|When high school wrestler Rowan Harper finds a costly ALS treatment that might save her dad, she delves into the seedy yet profitable world of illegal underground cage fights, jeopardizing a college wrestling scholarship and her love life.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ali Bryan is an award-winning writer. Her debut YA novel, The Hill, was longlisted for the 2021 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize. She is also a Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Emerging Artist recipient. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she currently lives on Treaty 7 Territory, in Calgary, Alberta, where she has a wrestling room in her garage and regularly gets choked out by her family.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cormorant Books,Canada
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1770867406
• ISBN 13: 9781770867406
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible