One Good Punch

John F

One Good Punch

One Good Punch is about Michael Kerrigan a high school senior and track captain of East Scranton’s track team. He seems to be too good to be true, a straight A student and top runner on the track team, then he has to make a decision that will change his life forever.  Michael’s friend Shelly who is also on the track team asks him for some joints. This is not the first time Shelly asks Michael for joints so he asks his other friend Joey, who is a drug trafficker, for a few joints and Joey accepts. Michael made a plan to meet him friday night to get the drugs but instead Joey hides them in Michael’s locker. Michael was furious when he found out and that weekend the police did a drug sweep in the lockers.

I thought that One Good Punch by Rich Wallace was a good book and would give it a 4 star rating. I liked the amount of page turning scenes in such a small book, that is what kept me reading. Although I thought Michael was a good kid I did not like his friends to the slightest. I thought they were unloyal and didn’t make many good decisions. Michael is very athletic and has a bright future. He was kind of the party pooper, but in the long run for Michael his friends were the party poopers. One good punch is a great book if you are a person who likes good quick reads.