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1) Freakboy
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Told from three viewpoints, seventeen-year-old Brendan, a wrestler, struggles to come to terms with his place on the transgender spectrum while Vanessa, the girl he loves, and Angel, a transgender acquaintance, try to help.
Author
Series
Nino (Yuyi Morales) volume 2
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Niño's little sisters get in on the wrestling action"--
Author
Series
Time warp trio series volume 9
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Joe, Fred, and Sam demonstrate some of their favorite professional wrestling moves, including the "Time Warp Trio Blind Ninja Smackdown," when they're transported to ancient Rome and forced to fight as gladiators in the Colosseum.
Author
Series
Nino (Yuyi Morales) volume 1
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Lucha Libre champion Niño has no trouble fending off monstrous opponents, but when his little sisters awaken from their naps, he is in for a no-holds-barred wrestling match that will truly test his skills.
5) Alondra
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Alonda finds friendship, fame, and love on the streets of Coney Island when she befriends a group of teen wrestlers"--
Author
Series
Class Mom volume 4
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"As a new Mat Mom of the Pioneer Middle School (PMS) Wrestling team, Jen Dixon finds herself thrown in the middle of the "guerrilla war against so-called perfect mothers," armed only with her cutting wit and acerbic sense of humor (New York Times Book Review). Handling a whole host of new challenges, from the dreaded seventh-grade science fair to a school fundraiser (again!), Jen faces the somewhat-terrifying new social dynamics of the wrestling moms...
Author
Series
Max's lucha libre adventures volume 2
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Everybody is fighting in sixth-grader Maximilian's world as his elderly aunts battle for the Queen Bingo trophy, his masked uncles wrestle for the tag-team title of the world, and his sweetheart and the "new girl" battle for Max's heart.
Author
Series
Max's lucha libre adventures volume 1
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Maximilian, a big fan of the form of wrestling known as lucha libre, begins to suspect that he has a close connection with his favorite luchador, El Angel de La Guardia, the Guardian Angel.
10) SUMO LIBRE
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Friends Max and Kenji love wrestling, but Max loves lucha libre and Kenji loves sumo, so they come together to create something spectacular.
11) WE ARE MAYHEM
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Birdie must overcome her desire to blend in so she can help new friend Abigail Rose take her family's amateur wrestling promotion in a new, more feminist direction.
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