Fighting Words is a candid and fierce middle grade novel about sisterhood and sexual abuse, authored by two-time Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times best seller Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. The book, published by Dial Books on August 11, 2020, under the ISBN-10 1984815687 and ISBN-13 978-1984815682, spans 272 pages. This Newbery Honor Book has received multiple accolades, including being a Kirkus Prize Finalist, selected as one of the Best Books of the Year by Boston Globe, Horn Book, School Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus, and BookPage, among others. It also earned recognition as a Golden Kite Honor Book, Rise: Feminist Book Project Selection, ALSC Notable Book, and Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) Choices Selection, with the Junior Library Guild choosing it as well.