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Gr 9 Up—When she is displaced by her parents' divorce, Erica finds herself in a rougher neighborhood and school than she's used to, and falls under the influence of a charismatic boy known as the Knockout King. Kalvin and his crew select targets based on their perceived "weakness" and make a game out of trying to knock them out as if in a boxing ring. Erica becomes the group's videographer, capturing their attacks on film and sharing them via social media. The friends' antics gro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Fifteen-year-old Erica Asher describes her new video camera as "a virgin waiting for something to happen." Her father gave it to her before her parents split up and she and her mother moved to St. Louis. Now Erica's the new girl at school, the big, red-headed white girl at a mostly black school feeling like "the freak show coming to town." But then her videos catch the eye of Kalvin Barnes, the Knockout King, who recruits her to film his TKO Club (in which a member is selected to approach a stranger and knock him or her o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Fifteen-year-old Erica (who is white) feels like "the freak show coming to town" at her mostly black new school. Then Kalvin B...Log In or Sign Up to Read More