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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Last year, Masie Potter was voted most outstanding seventh grade female athlete. She is a super basketball player. But last summer, she developed a crush on classmate Eric Delong. Now her priorities have changed. She will do anything to be near Eric-even join the wrestling team. From the first, Masie gets opposition and antagonism from all sides: friends, classmates, teachers. Soon, her place on the team isn't about Eric any more. It's about determination,...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
An adventure story set in the world of a modern Mark Twain that begins when Zak, a young man with Down syndrome, runs away from a nursing home where he lives to chase his dream of becoming a professional wrestler and attending the wrestling school of The Salt Water Redneck, his idol. Through circumstances beyond their control, Tyler, a small-time outlaw on the run, becomes Zak's unlikely coach and ally.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
There is going to be an amateur wrestling match at the Ronald Rump Civic Center, and Michelangelo and Raphael can't wait to enter. But when they see who their opponents are, they wonder if they'll make it out alive!
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ladies and Gentlemen, it's Friday night, and these kids are ready to wrestle! Join Dangerous Daddoo as he dishes out some serious moves to get the kids ready for bed. But what happens when Flying Mom Bomb gets home from work? Are the kids toast?
Publisher
Universal Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The family that fights together, stays together. Headed by reformed gangster Ricky, his wife Julia, and their two kids Zak and Paige, the Bevis family barely gets by wrestling for small audiences at dinky venues. When Zak and Paige have the once in a lifetime chance to audition for the WWE, the family has to navigate the trials that come with the bright lights and big money that comes with fame.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In this punchy and energetic middle grade graphic novel, six artistic misfits take matters into their own hands when their principal cancels all creative extracurricular clubs at their school. When the school principal cancels Sasha's gaming club, she's crushed--but not alone. Turns out theater, cosplay, and choir clubs are canceled too, and tons of kids are left without a space to let their creativity shine. Just when she thinks all hope is lost,...
Author
Series
Pizza and Taco volume 7
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pizza's and Taco's moms want them to join a sports team, so when they see the wrestling sign-up sheet at school they choose their wrestling names and create signature moves, hoping to join the club--Provided by publisher.
9) Foxcatcher
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Based on true events, the dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers.