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The Knockout © 2021 by Sajni Patel. All rights reserved. No part of this book
may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever, including internet
usage, without written permission from Flux, except in the case of brief
quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
First Edition
First Printing, 2021
Book design by Jake Slavik
Cover and jacket design by Jake Slavik
Cover, jacket, and interior images by photolinc/Shutterstock
Flux, an imprint of North Star Editions, Inc.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either
the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any
resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events,
or locales is entirely coincidental. Cover models used for illustrative purposes
only and may not endorse or represent the book’s subject.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Patel, Sajni, 1981- author.
Title: The knockout / Sajni Patel.
Description: First edition. | Mendota Heights, Minnesota : Flux, 2021. |
Audience: Grades 10-12. | Summary: When seventeen-year-old Kareena
Thakkar finally admits she is a top-level Muay Thai fighter, knowing
that might further alienate her from her Indian community, her
classmates, especially handsome Amit, enthusiastically support her.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020008206 (print) | LCCN 2020008207 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781635830590 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781635830606 (ebook)
Subjects: CYAC: Muay Thai—Fiction. | Dating (Social customs)—Fiction. |
High schools—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction. | East Indian
Americans—Fiction. | Family life—Texas—Fiction. | Texas—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.P37698 Kno 2021 (print) | LCC PZ7.1.P37698
(ebook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020008206
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020008207

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