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Championess
by Tarun Shanker, Kelly Zekas
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
I wasn’t sure what to make of this book by the title and cover alone. It’s about women’s boxing in the Victorian era. It wasn’t something that was done. But for a “half-bread” Indian (from India) that may be the only way she can raise enough money to get her and her sister out of the Mist and keep them away from debtors prison. This graphic novel started out quite slow. I almost DNFed it, but am happy that I read to completion. Once the story starts to build it moves pretty quick. It shows how prejudice was alive and well other places than just America. This book was about so much more than boxing, but the boxing is what makes it so intriguing and worth the read.