'Beautiful, brave and inspiring', Gloves Off is a hard-hitting novel in verse, tackling bullying, body-image and boxing.
After a particularly bad bullying incident, Lily takes up her dad's offer of introducing her to boxing, towards the goal of Lily being able to find her own sense of worth. The sport exposes Lily to new worlds, ideas and people. An immersive and moving novel engaging with contemporary discussions of body image.