Fourteen-year-old Karl Stern has never been in a synagogue or practiced religion, but to everyone around him he is a Jew. Longing to prove his worth, he starts taking boxing lessons from champion boxer and German national hero Max Schmeling. As a skilled cartoonist, he's never before had an interest in boxing, but as Max's apprentice, Karl finds both his boxing skills and art flourishing. When Nazi violence against the Jews heightens, he must balance his dream of becoming a great boxer with his obligation to protect his family.
year: 2011, 2012
call number/section: 1000, 1930
subjects: schmeling, max, 1905-2005, juvenile fiction, fiction, families, germany, juvenile fiction, boxing, nazis, jews, history, 1933-1945, holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), berlin (germany), history, 1918-1945, juvenile fiction, germany, 1933-1945, fiction, family life, fiction, holocaust, 1939-1945, historical fiction
Editions
Sharenow, Rob
HarperTeen (2011)
In 1936 Berlin, fourteen-year-old Karl Stern, considered Jewish despite a non-religious upbringing, learns to box from the legendary Max Schmeling while struggling with the realities of the Holocaust.
Schools: 61
Sharenow, Rob
HarperTeen (2012)
Fourteen-year-old Karl Stern has never been in a synagogue or practiced religion, but to everyone around him he is a Jew. Longing to prove his worth, he starts taking boxing lessons from champion boxer and German national hero Max Schmeling. As a skilled cartoonist, he's never before had an interest in boxing, but as Max's apprentice, Karl finds both his boxing skills and art flourishing. When Nazi violence against the Jews heightens, he must balance his dream of becoming a great boxer with his obligation to protect his family.
Schools: 15