One Good Punch (7 page)

Rich Wallace
is the acclaimed author of
Wrestling Sturbridge,
an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults;
Shots on Goal,
a
Booklist
Top 10 Youth Sports Book;
Playing Without the Ball,
an ALA Quick Pick; and
Losing Is Not an Option.
He grew up in a small town in northern New Jersey where competitive sports were a way of life. Since then he’s worked as a sportswriter, a news editor, and a magazine editor. Rich Wallace lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and two sons.

THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2007 by Rich Wallace

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wallace, Rich.

One good punch / Rich Wallace.—1st ed.

                                                               p. cm.

SUMMARY
: Eighteen-year-old Michael Kerrigan, writer of obituaries for the
Scranton Observer
and captain of the track team, is ready for the most important season of his life—until the police find four joints in his school locker, and he is faced with a choice that could change everything.

[1. Conduct of life—Fiction. 2. Integrity—Fiction. 3. Track and field—Fiction. 4. Journalism—Fiction. 5. High schools—Fiction. 6. Schools—Fiction. 7. Scranton (Pa.)—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.W15877One 2007

[Fic]—dc22                            2006033270

eISBN: 978-0-375-89073-4

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