Pura Belpr Award Honor Book, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
Notable Children's Book, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
A Pura Belpr Author Honor Award winner
Una Pura Belpr Premio de Autor Infantil (Libro de Honor)
Maximillian's summer vacation resembles one of his beloved lucha libre movies: grudge matches, fantastic villains and the Guardian Angel.
Las vacaciones de verano de Maximillian se parece a una de sus queridas pelculas de lucha libre: partidos de rencor, villanos fantsticos y el ngel Guardin.
Maximillian is just another 11-year-old lucha libre fan. He goes to the matches, watches the movies and collects the masks of his favorite wrestlers, especially the Guardian Angel. But when he tumbles over the railing at a lucha libre match in San Antonio, Max makes a connection to the world of Mexican wrestling that will ultimately link him--maybe by blood! --to the greatest hero of all time: The Guardian Angel. What was shaping up to be one boring summer before 6th grade now seems like a story straight out of Max's beloved lucha libre movies!
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Un cuento bilinge, ganador de Pura Belpr. Maximillian es solo otro fan de lucha libre de 11 aos. l va a los partidos, mira las pelculas y colecciona las mscaras de sus luchadores favoritos, especialmente el ngel Guardian. Pero cuando cae por la barandilla en un combate de lucha libre en San Antonio, Max hace una conexin con el mundo de la lucha mexicana, que finalmente lo vincular, tal vez por sangre! --Al hroe ms grande de todos los tiempos: El ngel Guardian.