ROBERT B. PARKER: THE BOXER AND THE SPY—Philomel Books (hard cover) ©2008

Description: ROBERT B. PARKERTHE BOXERAND THE SPYPhilomel Books ©2008(a division of PENGUIN YOUNG READERS’ GROUP) CONDITION: hard cover book with minor shelfwear: VERY GOOD. Jacket is GOOD with shelfwear at edges and corners. No markings. {Comment from me: this looks as if it could be a book club edition, because of the number on the back cover; but it also features an ISBN; there is no price tag, either.) Another teen thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of the Spenser mysteries.When a shy high school student’s body is found washed up on the shore of a quiet New England beach town?an apparent suicide?fifteen-year-old Terry Novak doesn’t know what to think. Something just doesn’t add up, so he decides to do some investigating of his own with the help of his best friend, Abby. It doesn’t take long before they learn that asking questions puts them in grave danger, and surviving is going to be a fight. Fortunately, Terry has been learning a thing or two about fighting, thanks to a retired boxer named George, who teaches the boy to use his head and always keep his feet set beneath him?lessons Terry takes to heart in more ways than one. He will need to. Commentaries on line: Full disclosure - I am a Robert B Parker fanatic. His Hemingwayesque style of writing is the key to the revealing of 'human nature truths' that is Parker's hallmark.If a teen kid picks this book up and moves on to the Spenser novels, he/she will learn a whole lot about what true love and respect for another person looks like, especially if that kid reads nothing else but Parker's dedications to his wife, Joan.Robert B. Parker rules. A fast easy read, written for young adults. This book is geared more towards a teenage audience, mainly boys. I would recommend it to anyone that first of all enjoy boxing, and to anyone that likes a suspense book with a little drama here and there. (It gets really good at the end!!!) It's about a boy who does boxing but one of his school friends dies to what they suspect to be steroids. This boy may have gotten himself into a lot of trouble when he dove into this and started exploring to find out what really happened to his friend!… this was by far my favorite book I have ever read. LOVED this teen drama! The good kids prove a classmate was indeed murdered to cover up a multi-layered criminality. Fun dialogues. Figuring out who the villain is and what's actually going on was relatively easy. The fun part was watching what Terry and Abby were going to do to get to the bottom of the whole mess. I watched how their minds worked as they narrowed toward instated the back, and that made me remember by own childhood. Parker serves up nostalgia for the adults and excitement for the YA readers. ______________________ {I'll always combine shipping costs and refund any excess shipping charges for multiple-copy book orders.}For all "buy it now" items, you may want to use ADD TO CART if you plan to order more than one item at the same time.______________ WOW! I wrote a book!!! — Come on! Take a look!! ———Just go here:http://www.ebay.com/itm/CTHULHU'S-COUSINS-and-Other-Weirdnesses-W-Paul-Ganley-Wildside-Press-2016-/255154711891?hash=item3ace43fc32 ___________________________________________________________Want to look at my other fantasy & mystery offerings (including Brian Lumley first editions)? CLICK HERE(and if you like what you see there, why not bookmark it for future visits!)

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