
Tumble
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · April 18, 2023
A Middle Grade pick for readers exploring Tumble.
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- Genres
- Adoption Stories, Wrestling Stories, US: Hispanic & Latino Stories
- Published
- Penguin Young Readers Group, April 18, 2023
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From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who learns the missing pieces of her origin story from the family of legendary luchadores she’s just met. Twelve-year-old Adela “Addie” Ramírez has a big decision to make when her stepfather proposes adoption.
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Addie loves Alex, the only father figure she’s ever known, but with a new half brother due in a few months and a big school theater performance on her mind, everything suddenly feels like it’s moving too fast. She has a million questions, and the first is about the young man in the photo she found hidden away in her mother’s things. Addie’s sleuthing takes her to a New Mexico ranch, and her world expands to include the legendary Bravos: Rosie and Pancho, her paternal grandparents and former professional wrestlers; Eva and Maggie, her older identical twin cousins who love to spar in and out of the ring; Uncle Mateo, whose lucha couture and advice are unmatched; and Manny, her biological father, who’s in the midst of a career comeback. As luchadores, the Bravos’s legacy is strong. But being part of a family is so much harder—it’s about showing up, taking off your mask, and working through challenges together.
Why It Clicks
Come here for
- Middle grade entry point
- Cultural-literate browsing
Expect
- Category-forward framing
- Light, sustained read
Where it sits
| Wrestling Stories | 80% |
|---|---|
| US: Hispanic & Latino Stories | 67% |
| Adoption Stories | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- US: Hispanic & Latino Stories
- Adoption Stories
- Wrestling Stories
- Authors
- Celia C. Pérez, Victoria Villarreal, Listening Library
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- April 18, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- US: Hispanic & Latino Stories