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The Boxer and the Spy | 
| Author: Robert B. Parker
Publisher: Philomel
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 821
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1
ISBN: 0399247750
EAN: 9780399247750
ASIN: 0399247750
Publication Date: May 1, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Another teen thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of the Spenser mysteries. When a shy high school students body is found washed up on the shore of a quiet New England beach townan apparent suicidefifteen-year-old Terry Novak doesnt know what to think. Something just doesnt add up, so he decides to do some investigating of his own with the help of his best friend, Abby. It doesnt 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 himlessons Terry takes to heart in more ways than one. He will need to. Robert B. Parker, New York Times bestselling author of the Spenser novels, delivers a taut, empowering mystery for young readers.
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engaging high school mystery May 6, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
When the body of Jason Green is found, his classmates, teachers and administrators at Cabot, north of Boston, accept the cops' official findings that he killed himself because he was juiced with "roids". Only student athlete Terry Novak disagrees with the prevalent suicide theory; he knows that Jason may have been a lover, but was not a jock so would not have done steroids to become a landscape designer as the teen planned to be. Terry wonders if his classmate he was murdered.
Terry half persuades his best friend Abby to help him investigate the death. However, he makes little progress until his trainer retired professional boxer George encourages him to hold his head up, jab away, and not quit. Heeding that advice, Terry keeps digging not aware the danger he brings to himself and Abby by someone who wants the ruling to remain suicide.
Obviously targeting the teen crowd, Robert B. Parker provides an engaging high school mystery starring a young sleuth trying to uncover the truth about the recent death of a classmate. With a strong support cast from George to cigarette smoking Beverly, Suzi and Tank to Mr. Principal and more, the story line is fast-paced from the first jab to the last as Terry and Abby follow clues that lead them to danger.
Harriet Klausner
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