- Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Wrestling, Sex role
Thirteen-year-old Maisie joins her school's formerly all-male wrestling team and tries to last through the season, despite opposition from other students, her best friend, and her own teammates.
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Classical in form, spare, earnest and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Jerry Spinelli
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 199
- Publisher
- Silver Burdett Press, Trumpet Club, Aladdin
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780440848288
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