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“A Fist for Joe Louis and Me”
by Trinka Hakes Noble, illustrated
by Nicole Tadgell
c.2019, Sleeping Bear Press
$17.99 / $22.99 Canada
40 pages
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Your teacher says “no fighting
on the playground.”
No pushing, no smacking,
and definitely, no hitting. It’s
not nice, he says. That’s what
bullies do, you know. But as
you’ll see in “A Fist for Joe
Louis and Me” by Trinka Hakes
Noble, illustrated by Nicole
Tadgell, sometimes fists and
gloves equals a fistful of friendship.
It was the best of traditions:
every Friday evening, right
after work, Gordy’s dad gave
Gordy boxing lessons. After
that, they’d eat dinner together
and listen to the fights on the
local radio station. It was especially
good when Joe Louis was
in the ring.
But then “times got hard,”
people started talking about
Germany, and Gordy’s dad lost
his job. The Friday night tradition
stopped for awhile, and
Gordy’s mom had to take in
some tailoring to pay for the
family’s groceries. One night,
when Mr. Rubinstein, whose
family left Germany to escape
the Nazis, stopped to drop off
the work, his son, Ira, came
along. That was when Gordy
learned that other kids admired
Joe Lewis, too.
But Ira didn’t know the first
thing about boxing! He didn’t
even know what “dukes” were,
so Gordy had some teaching
to do. Every time Mr. Rubinstein
dropped off some work
for Gordy’s mom, Gordy and
Ira practiced boxing out in the
alley. Gordy taught Ira how
to keep from getting hit too
hard and they had fun pretending.
They even made up boxing
names for themselves.
Weeks later, that practice
and pretend came in handy
when a real bully came after
Ira. Gordy stepped into the fray
because he knew Joe Louis
wouldn’t let Ira fight alone, but
hitting someone in anger made
him sick.
Was that how Joe Louis felt?
That evening, Ira and his
father came over to listen to Joe
Louis versus Max Schmeling
on the radio. For years to come,
it would be called The Fight of
the Century but in the end, it
wouldn’t last long: just a little
over two minutes.
Its effect on two little boys,
however, would last for many
years…
Considering all that’s happened
in the recent past, “A Fist
for Joe Louis and Me” couldn’t
be more timely.
Using as a backdrop an event
that made history nearly 90
years ago, author Trinka Hakes
Noble tells a story of a young
African American boy and his
friendship with a Jewish boy.
It’s a tale set during the Depression
when anti-Semitism and
racism made poverty seem a
little bit sharper but Noble’s
characters don’t complain;
instead, they face problems
together, which leaves behind
the idea that we can find common
ground and mutual interest,
if we’re open to them. That,
and artwork by Nicole Tadgell,
make it an appealing message
for any age.
This book is meant for gradeschoolers
but be sure to go
over the author’s note with
your child, found at the end.
It adds meaning to the story
inside “A Fist for Joe Louis and
Me” and it makes this a book
your child will fight to own.
A fistful of friendship
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