Plot
Part 1:The first part of the book is just about how Karl's life is going and he gets picked on because he is weaker then all of the boys at school and it doesn't help that he is Jewish.So one night he is working at his dads art gallery when a world famous boxer by the name of Max Schmeling and he wants a portait of himself. And the rest of this part is him training for his first boxing match
Part 2:The second part of the book is mainly about this girl he has a crush on and they start I guess you could call it dating sort of and now its his first lesson from max and the first time he walked into the boxing club nobody thought that he could be a boxer because he was so skinny and had no muscle.And he just started school on the first day he got kicked out because he was Jewish and this was the time that the Nazis started to take over. Also his family is kicked out of their apartment building because they are Jewish so they have to live in the art gallery.
Part 3:In the third part of the book Karl is preparing for the junior boxing championships when he is fighting a kid from his old school when one of the kids friends tells the judge he is Jewish and Karl gets DQ from the championships.And his home get trashed by the Nazis and his dad gets stabbed in the side.
Part 4:His mom and dad have to go to the hospital to get his wound looked at so Karl and his sister have to go with Max and during this time Karl is worried that he will never see his parents again because they might get arrested. His fears are realized his father got arrested but his mom did not. His mom wants to send Karl and his sister to America so they will be safe so in the end they go to America where they are safe and sound.
Part 2:The second part of the book is mainly about this girl he has a crush on and they start I guess you could call it dating sort of and now its his first lesson from max and the first time he walked into the boxing club nobody thought that he could be a boxer because he was so skinny and had no muscle.And he just started school on the first day he got kicked out because he was Jewish and this was the time that the Nazis started to take over. Also his family is kicked out of their apartment building because they are Jewish so they have to live in the art gallery.
Part 3:In the third part of the book Karl is preparing for the junior boxing championships when he is fighting a kid from his old school when one of the kids friends tells the judge he is Jewish and Karl gets DQ from the championships.And his home get trashed by the Nazis and his dad gets stabbed in the side.
Part 4:His mom and dad have to go to the hospital to get his wound looked at so Karl and his sister have to go with Max and during this time Karl is worried that he will never see his parents again because they might get arrested. His fears are realized his father got arrested but his mom did not. His mom wants to send Karl and his sister to America so they will be safe so in the end they go to America where they are safe and sound.