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1) Tumble
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English
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2022 Anderson's Bookshop Mock Newbery
2023 Youth Services Favorites (SCPL-YS)
BBD Hispanic Culture 2023
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2023 Youth Services Favorites (SCPL-YS)
BBD Hispanic Culture 2023
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Description
Before she decides whether to accept her stepfather's proposal of adoption, twelve-year-old Adela Ramírez reaches out to her estranged biological father--who is in the midst of a career comeback as a luchador--and the eccentric extended family of wrestlers she has never met, bringing Adela closer to understanding the expansive definition of family.
2) SumoKitty
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Language
English
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Monarch Award Nominees 2022
OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
OBD Books for Second and Third Graders - YOUTH
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OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
OBD Books for Second and Third Graders - YOUTH
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Description
A hungry cat gets a job hunting mice at a sumo training center (heya), but once the mice are gone he continues to stuff himself until he is too fat to chase the mice that have returned--so he decides to train with the sumo wrestlers, and SumoKitty becomes a scourge of mice and an inspiration to the wrestlers.
3) Pinned
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Language
English
Description
Dealing with family problems, girls, and their own competitive natures, high school seniors Ivan Korske and Bobby Zane face each other in the final match of the New Jersey State Wrestling Championship.
5) Bump
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Language
English
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OBD Sports Books (Brochure) - YOUTH
Score! Middle Grade Sports Books (SCPL-YS)
Staff Picks - June 2023
Score! Middle Grade Sports Books (SCPL-YS)
Staff Picks - June 2023
Description
"MJ knows what it means to hurt. Bruises from gymnastics heal, but big hurts, like her dad not being around anymore, don't go away. Now her mom needs to work two jobs, and MJ doesn't have friends at school to lean on. There is only one thing MJ loves: the world of professional wrestling. She especially idolizes the luchadores and the stories they tell in the ring. When MJ learns that her neighbor, Mr. Arellano, runs a wrestling school, she has a new...
6) Takedown
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Language
English
Description
"Jeff wants to be a good wrestler, but will his bad temper get in the way?"--Unedited summary from book.
8) Swamp Angel
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English
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Description
Along with other amazing feats, Angelica Longrider, also known as Swamp Angel, wrestles a huge bear, known as Thundering Tarnation, to save the winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee.
9) Tumbos
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Español
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Description
Before she decides whether to accept her stepfather's proposal of adoption, twelve-year-old Adela Ramírez reaches out to her estranged biological father--who is in the midst of a career comeback as a luchador--and the eccentric extended family of wrestlers she has never met, bringing Adela closer to understanding the expansive definition of family.
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