Slapboxing with Jesus

Slapboxing with JesusBy: Victor LaValle Twelve original and interconnected stories in the traditions of Junot Daz and Sherman Alexie. Victor D. LaValle's astonishing, violent, and funny debut offers harrowing glimpses at the vulnerable lives of young people who struggle not only to come of age, but to survive the city streets. In "ancient history," two best friends graduating from high school fight to be the one to leave first for a better world; each one wants to be the

an unhappy wife seeks respite in a historic palazzo sublet

and he did just that

Andrea is sorely tested each and every day—and often late into the night—with orders barked over the phone

they will learn all about different shapes

like Grumpy Toad

At once grand and intimate

He betrayed his fellow Americans and joined the British army

and a large heart

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Beautiful and devastating

★ 2016 美國以撒‧傑克‧濟慈獎 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award 新插畫家獎沒禮貌的蛋糕們不說請、不說謝謝，也從來不說對不起。倒是很會插隊、搶玩具、忽略爸媽說的話……這一天，沒禮貌的蛋糕居然被巨大的獨眼怪給抓走啦！！奇怪的是，最後沒禮貌的蛋糕居然改邪歸正啦！！到底發生了什麼事呢

But Bulu's protective nature led him into terrifying situations in the wild