Girls Can't Hit

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Fleur Waters never takes anything seriously - until she turns up at her local boxing club one day, just to prove a point. She's the only girl there, and the warm-up alone is exhausting... but the workout gives her an escape from home and school, and when she lands her first uppercut on a punching bag she feels a rare glow of satisfaction. So she goes back the next week, determined to improve. Fleur's overprotective mum can't abide the idea of her entering a boxing ring, why won't she join her pilates class instead? Her friends don't get it either and even her boyfriend, 'Prince' George, seems concerned by her growing muscles and appetite - but it's Fleur's body, Fleur's life, so she digs her heels in and carries on with her training. When she finally makes it into the ring, her friends and family show their support and Fleur realises that sometimes in life it's better to drop your guard and take a wild swing!

Tom Easton is an experienced author of fiction for all ages who has published books under a number of different pseudonyms as well as his own name. His teen novel BOYS DON'T KNIT (Hot Key Books) was nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, shortlisted for both the Leeds Book Award and Peter's Book of the Year, and won the Coventry Inspiration Book Award 2015. The sequel AN ENGLISH BOY IN NEW YORK followed this and Tom has since been working on a younger, funny, family-oriented set of stories for Piccadilly Press that begin with OUR HOUSE. Tom lives in Surrey with his wife and three children and in his spare time works as a Production Manager for Hachette Children's Books. Find out more about Tom at www.tomeaston.co.ukor on Twitter: @TomEaston

A funny, feminist story about sticking to your guns and knowing when to fight * Mini Travellers *