Phighter: A Northeast Story - Paperback

by Kenny Hein (Foreword by), Kelly McPoyle (Editor), Michael Ruggiero (Editor)

Set in late 2017, Phighter: A Northeast Story follows Donald Richard Mooney, otherwise known as Donny, who is a Northeast Philadelphian boy through and through. Residing in the beautiful neighborhood of Fox Chase and a student at Father Judge High School, Donny seems like your average chain-smoking, heavy drinking, Irish teenager who comes out of the Northeast. To most, Donny's life doesn't seem out of the ordinary. Donny asks his grade school crush out on a date, their night ends in a kiss and Donny is on the top of the world. But his life takes an unexpected turn, as a lunch hall fight with his school bully, Brandon, leaves him open to threats, both through grade school name-calling and threats on his life. After a long Thanksgiving break, Brandon challenges him to a rematch fight after school one day, which Donny reluctantly agrees to. Upon his agreement, his life slowly begins to decline into a world filled with sadness, deceit and death.