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Call number
F Wal
Collection
Publication
Knopf Books for Young Readers (1996), Edition: First Edition, 133 pages
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.
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LibraryThing member CliffBurns
The finest young adult novel I've ever read (and there's been some mighty good competition in the past five years or so, the field attracting talented people like Philip Reeve and Michael Chabon). A terrific story, the central character credible and fallible, the novel, by turns, wry and
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suspenseful. "Coming of age" doesn't do it justice. This is an authentic depiction of young adulthood and I recommend it whole-heartedly... Show Less
LibraryThing member swimcoachjill
Ben has been wrestling in his best friend Al's shadow since ninth grade. Everyone expects Al to win the state championship this year. Ben wants that state title, though, badly. He's willing to risk the friendship to take Al down and make something of himself before he is dragged down to follow in
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the footsteps of the wrestling alum in his town. They all work in his dead-end town at a cinder block factory Show Less
Pages
133