num_pages: 144
description: Rusty-James is the number one tough guy among the junior high kids who hang out and shoot pool at Benny's. He's proud of his reputation, but what he wants most of all is to be just like his older brother, the Motorcycle Boy. Whenever Rusty-James gets in over his head, the Motorcycle Boy has always been there to bail him out. Then one day Rusty-James' world comes apart, and the Motorcycle boy isn't around to pick up the pieces. What now?
language: English
title: Rumble Fish
titlecomplete: Rumble Fish (Laurel Leaf Books)
genres: Classics, Teen, Childrens, Contemporary, Young Adult, Novels, School, Coming Of Age, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 22397
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group