Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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Matt Wallace
Ages: 9+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 978-0-06-300798-7
Keywords: Mexican Americans, Lucha Libra, Mexican-style wrestling, wrestling, family life, bullying, courage, mothers and daughters, death, grief
A bullying classmate causes MJ, 12, to abandon gymnastics. Then watching professional wrestling leads her to a wrestling club, but will her mother support her?