Takedown
Written by Ali Bryan
Published by DCB
ACTIVITIES
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Sixteen-year-old star wrestler Rowan Harper’s biggest fan is her father.
But he has ALS, and his symptoms are getting worse. Saving his life will cost more money than the family has, but Rowan finds a solution. Will she risk her chances at a scholarship by competing in a lucrative, but illegal, underground MMA fight?
Takedown is a high-intensity coming-of-age story about family illness and competitive combat, with lots of heart, hope, and headlocks.
ALI BRYAN
Ali Bryan is an award-winning novelist and creative nonfiction writer who explores the what-ifs, the what-the-hecks, and the wait-a-minutes of every day. A two-time finalist for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, her work has been optioned for TV by Sony Pictures and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, longlisted for the CBC creative nonfiction prize, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing prize. Takedown is her most recent novel. Born and raised in Halifax, she now lives in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies on Treaty 7 Territory.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Website: www.alibryan.com
Instagram: @alikbryan
Facebook: @AuthorAliBryan
Twitter / X: @alibryan
Email: authoralibryan@gmail.com
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Roost
The Figgs
The Hill (YA/Teen)
Coq
The Crow Valley Karaoke Championships
Takedown (YA/Teen)
At Sea (YA/Teen | forthcoming)
