The Berlin Boxing Club
by Robert Sharenow
Sydney Taylor Award-winning novel Berlin Boxing Club is loosely inspired by the... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Sports
- Cultural Experience
- Jewish
Year Published 2011
Word Count 83,308
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 880L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 143700, 13 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Jews
- Family life--Germany--Fiction
- Boxing--Fiction
- 1933-1945
- Germany--History--1933-1945--Fiction
- 1918-1945
- Young Adult Fiction | Coming of Age
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | Holocaust
- Berlin (Germany)--History--1918-1945--Fiction
- Boxing
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Schmeling, Max
- Berlin (Germany)
- Young Adult Fiction | Sports & Recreation | General
- Schmeling, Max, 1905-2005--Fiction
- Nazis
- Family life
- Nazis--Fiction
- History
- Germany
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Families
- Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945--Fiction
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Holocaust Literature
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Awards & Distinctions 3

Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2023
Finalist, 2012

Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2023
Winner, 2012

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2023
Selection, 2012
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