Gloves Off av Louisa Reid

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<p><b>A page-turning and immersive YA novel in verse, telling the story of Lily who is mercilessly bullied at school and who turns to boxing in an attempt to fight back; a story of hope and resilience breaking through even the most difficult situations.</b><br><br>Lily turns sixteen with two very different sides to her life: school, where she is badly bullied, and home with her mum and dad, warm and comforting but with its own difficulties.<br><br>After a particularly terrible bullying incident, Lily's dad determines to give his daughter the tools to fight back.<br><br>Introducing her to boxing, he encourages Lily to find her own worth. It is both difficult and challenging but in confronting her own fears she finds a way through that illuminates her life and friendships.<br><br>Meeting Rose, and seeing that there is another world out there, enables her to live her own life fully and gives her the knowledge that she i