The giant

Description:

In 1874 Manhattan, Luc, sixteen, at nearly seven feet tall and seemingly impervious to pain, has become a local boxing star but when kangaroos are introduced to the ring, Luc's tender heart leads him to run away to save a joey.

subjects: Boxing,  JUVENILE FICTION,  Circus,  Fiction,  Size,  Boxing stories,  General,  Kangaroos,  Self-reliance,  History,  Children's fiction,  Boxing, fiction,  Self-reliance, fiction,  Kangaroos, fiction,  Size and shape, fiction,  Circus, fiction,  New york (n.y.), history, fiction

Places: New York (N.Y.)

Times: 1865-1898