Bibliograph

Fight like a girl, Sheena Kamal

Type

Label

Fight like a girl, Sheena Kamal

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Fight like a girl

Oclc number

1138386829

Responsibility statement

Sheena Kamal

Summary

Trisha's trying to break the chain of violence in her family, channeling her violent impulses into Muay Thai kickboxing, an unlikely sport for a slightly built girl of Trinidadian descent. Her father comes and goes as he pleases, his presence adding a layer of tension to the east-end Toronto townhouse Trisha and her mom call home, every punch he lands on her mother carving itself indelibly into Trisha's mind. Until the night he wanders out drunk in front of the car Trisha is driving, practicing on her learner's permit, her mother in the passenger seat. Her father is killed, and her mother seems strangely at peace. Lighter, somehow. Trisha doesn't know exactly what happened that night, but she's afraid it's going to happen again. Her mom has a new man in her life and the patterns, they are repeating

Target audience

adolescent

Creator