The Horn Book Guide

SPORTS

Lewin, Ted

At Gleason's Gym

40 pp. | Roaring Brook/Porter | August, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59643-231-4 $17.95

(3) 4-6 This book focuses on the training of nine-year-old Sugar Boy Younan, 2006 National Silver Gloves Champion. Lewin's spare text re-creates the sounds, smells, and sights of Brooklyn's Gleason's Gym, where Muhammad Ali and Jake La Motta also trained. Bold, expansive illustrations alternate with tight, shadowy sketches, adding dimension and intensity to Sugar Boy's story and painting a dynamic picture of his surroundings. Glos.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg