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Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-wrestling Smackdown

Name: Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-wrestling Smackdown
ISBN: 9781536213829

Megan McDonald

Candlewick Press · Paperback · March 9, 2021

Reading lane: Sports & Recreation / Miscellaneous

Stink needs a sport, fast!

Martial Arts Gymnastics Stories Sports & Recreation middle

grade family

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Why This Clicks

Small-Scale Showdowns

Thumb-wrestling bravado and karate ambitions make for playful, high-energy reading.

Come here for

Inventive thumb-wrestling moves with wonderfully silly names
A kid’s determined bid to improve at PE

Expect

Comic sports mishaps and martial-arts flair
A lively, lighthearted read

Book Details

Authors: Megan McDonald
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: March 9, 2021
Format: Paperback
Theme: Sports & Recreation / Miscellaneous · Martial Arts
Reading lane: Sports & Recreation / Miscellaneous

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Everyday Routines
Martial Arts
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About This Book

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Stink needs a sport, fast! Can he wrestle a win at thumb wars? Or will a perfect karate kick lead him to victory? Hii-ya! Stink Moody, family brain, brings home a report card that isn’t perfect? Yikes! Time for him to get into fighting shape and beat back that U for Unsatisfactory in PE! A scan of the sports channel leads to a knock-out find: world-class thumb wrestling, with tricky moves like Snake in the Grass and Santa’s Little Helper (no equipment needed, save for a tiny terrifying mask to sit on your thumb). But when Mom and Dad are not wowed, Stink gets another idea: he’ll kick and punch his way to a yellow belt with the help of a Dragon Master and a mind as still as a pond. Can you say Crouching Tiger, Hidden Thumb?