· Debut YA novelist and boxing champion Sarah Deming on writing, fighting and the will to win. The acknowledgments at the end of Sarah Deming’s new YA novel, Gravity, are six pages long. The author thanks boxers—women she fought on her road to becoming a New York Golden Gloves champion—as well as trainers, students, gym owners, fellow boxing journalists, editors, her agent and . · Sarah Deming. ratings61 reviews. A. S. King meets Chris Crutcher in boxing journalist Sarah Deming's YA novel about a young female boxer who learns to fight for what she wants. When Gravity Delgado walks into Cops 'n Kids, a no-frills Brooklyn boxing gym, and starts working with the legendary Coach Thomas, she joins a true melting pot of fighters.4/5(). Gravity. Sarah Deming. Make Me a World, $ (p) ISBN Boxer and journalist–turned–trainer Deming (Iris, Messenger) pens a gritty, uplifting story about Gravity Delgado.
Get this from a library! Gravity. [Sarah Deming; N'Jameh Camara] -- A. S. King meets Chris Crutcher in boxing journalist Sarah Deming's YA novel about a young female boxer who learns to fight for what she wants. Gravity "Doomsday" Delgado is good at breaking things. Gravity. Sarah Deming. Make Me a World. Nov. Gr 9 Up. "I'm Gravity Delgado. I want to learn to box." These words forever change the life of a young Dominican Jewish girl in Brooklyn, NY. Gravity channels her frustration into boxing. She dreams of going to the Olympics but must first fight her battles at home. Sarah Deming's new YA novel Gravity tells the story of a Jewish Dominican teen girl named Gravity who becomes a boxer, eventually ending up at the Olympics. It's based on the true story of boxer Claressa Shields, the youngest boxer at the U.S. Olympic Trials who went on to win gold — the first ever in women's boxing - in the London games.
Debut YA novelist and boxing champion Sarah Deming on writing, fighting and the will to win. The acknowledgments at the end of Sarah Deming’s new YA novel, Gravity, are six pages long. The author thanks boxers—women she fought on her road to becoming a New York Golden Gloves champion—as well as trainers, students, gym owners, fellow boxing journalists, editors, her agent and publisher, family, friends and her husband. At the gym, Gravity develops feelings for another boxer and is preparing to fight increasingly challenging opponents in Rio. Not only does Deming take readers into the riveting heart of amateur boxing, she does so through the eyes of a protagonist who is tough and vulnerable, relatable and intriguing. Sarah Deming. ratings61 reviews. A. S. King meets Chris Crutcher in boxing journalist Sarah Deming's YA novel about a young female boxer who learns to fight for what she wants. When Gravity Delgado walks into Cops 'n Kids, a no-frills Brooklyn boxing gym, and starts working with the legendary Coach Thomas, she joins a true melting pot of fighters.
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