At 18, Chip Ladou could keep up with the best loggers in the camp, but his angry explosions cost him a job, the camp, the woods. Taking a year off to attend Port Chance high school put him back in contact with Ted Finerty, who had started the trouble in camp. Before Chip can conquer the "crown fire" inside him, he has to find out about himself. The solution for him is in the Golden Gloves and a devastating fire that took his beloved forest.
At 18, Chip Ladou could keep up with the best loggers in the camp, but his angry explosions cost him a job, the camp, the woods. Taking a year off to attend Port Chance high school put him back in contact with Ted Finerty, who had started the trouble in camp. Before Chip can conquer the "crown fire" inside him, he has to find out about himself. The solution for him is in the Golden Gloves and a devastating fire that took his beloved forest.