War in the Ring: Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, and the Fight Between America and Hitler (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781250155740)

War in the Ring presents a riveting nonfiction book for kids about a boxing match that represented the growing tensions between the United States and Nazi Germany in the lead up to World War II.

Joe Louis was born on an Alabama cotton patch and raised in a Detroit ghetto. Max Schmeling grew up in poverty in Hamburg, Germany. For both boys, boxing was a path out and a ladder up. Little did they know that they would one day face each other in a pair of matches that would capture the world's attention.

Joe grew into a symbol of inspiration to a nation of Black Americans hoping to carve a slice of the 'American Dream' in a racially fractured country. Max, on the other hand, became a Nazi symbol for the superiority of the Aryan race.

The battles waged between Joe and Max still resonate, and the cultural implications of the international sensation continue to reverberate far past the ring.

Author: John Florio, Ouisie Shapiro
ISBN-10: 1250155746
ISBN-13: 9781250155740
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Language: English
Published: 06/25/2019
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.3
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 503339 / War in the Ring: Joe, Louis, Max Schmeling, and the Fight Between America and Hitler


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/15/2019 pg. 42
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2019
Publishers Weekly 04/15/2019
School Library Journal 05/01/2019 pg. 116