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1) SumoKitty
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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.
2) Pinned
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Formats
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.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Navigating high school isn't easy for Melinda Radford. She's the lone girl on the Ashton High wrestling team, grappling with opponents who refuse to compete against her, a few who want to crush her, and a coach who's less-than-pleased having a female in his practice room. But through a twist of tragedy and fate, Mel is given an unexpected opportunity to accomplish something no girl in her school's history has ever done something that just may redeem...
6) Takedown
Author
Series
Winning season volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Seventh-grader Donald, living with his parents in New Jersey, is determined to master wrestling but discovers that to win at the sport he must learn to control his temper.
Author
Series
Nino (Yuyi Morales) volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
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Description
Lucha Libre champion Nino 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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Stuck in a small town where no one ever leaves and relegated by his wrestling coach to sit on the bench while his best friend becomes state champion, Ben decides he can't let his last high school wrestling season slip by without challenging his friend and the future.
10) Bump
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
"A moving and triumphant middle grade contemporary debut from award-winning author Matt Wallace about a heroic young girl--who dreams of becoming a pro wrestler--learning to find courage and fight for what she loves. Perfect for fans of Kelly Yang, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds' Track series! 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...
11) Tumble
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Formats
Description
Before she decides whether to accept her stepfather's proposal of adoption, twelve-year-old Adela Ramr̕ez 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.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Ninth-grader Kyle has always been the heavyweight on his junior high school wrestling team, but when a new kid shows up, he loses the challenge and finds himself relegated to the B-team--until a girl on the squad suggests he move down a weight class.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Fourteen-year-old Aarash Husayni is starting his freshman year at Freemont Central High School, and even though he has been in the United States for six years he still feels like an outsider and mostly he tries to keep his head down and avoid the bullies;so when his fifteen-year-old cousin Ferhana and her friend Anton persuade him to join the wrestling team it is a big step--but his chief tormentor is also on the team, and Aarash has a choice: quit...
Author
Series
Nino (Yuyi Morales) volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Las Hermanitas are the fiercest baby lucha libre wrestlers, but when big brother Nino shows up, he brings some stiff competition.
15) Dino-wrestling
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Meat-eating and vegetarian dinosaurs compete at the wrestling jamboree, demonstrating such styles as sumo, Greco-Roman, and lucha libre.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Tania, called "Thumbelina" because she is really tiny, has worked very hard to be a wrestling champion in the Junior Indie League, and now she and her friend Jorge, "Mouse," are being offered a chance at the pros, appearing in wrestling matches across the country--but her unscrupulous manager, Mr. Mole, wants her to adopt a flashy persona with elaborate moves, and somehow Tania must break free of the glitter and get back to the pure wrestling that...
Author
Series
Max's lucha libre adventures volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
A young fan of lucha libre Mexican wrestling makes a connection to his battling hero, the Angel de la Guarda (the Guardian Angel).
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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?