Catch me if I fall / Claudia Recinos Seldeen.
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TextPublication details: New York, NY : West 44 Books, an imprint of Enslow Pub., 2023Edition: 1st edDescription: 192 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 9781978596351Subject(s): Families -- Juvenile fiction | Boxing stories | Friendship -- Juvenile fiction | Aerialists -- Juvenile fiction | Family life -- Fiction | Boxing. -- Fiction | Friendship -- Fiction | Aerialists -- FictionGenre/Form: Sports fiction. | Novels in verse. | High interest-low vocabulary books. DDC classification: [Fic] Summary: "Angela has been training on a trapeze since she was a child. She loves the dizzying heights . . . but she doesn't love the way her Guatemalan mother is always pushing her to train harder because 'immigrants have to try twice as hard just to shine half as bright.' When Angela's best friend introduces her to boxing, she finds something that makes her genuinely happy. There's no pressure to be graceful and no expectation to be perfect. But the more Angela practices boxing, the more she realizes her pursuit of happiness might risk her reputation for perfection. And if she's not the perfect daughter, then who is she?"--Provided by publisher.
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | FIC/SEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500061260 |
"Angela has been training on a trapeze since she was a child. She loves the dizzying heights . . . but she doesn't love the way her Guatemalan mother is always pushing her to train harder because 'immigrants have to try twice as hard just to shine half as bright.' When Angela's best friend introduces her to boxing, she finds something that makes her genuinely happy. There's no pressure to be graceful and no expectation to be perfect. But the more Angela practices boxing, the more she realizes her pursuit of happiness might risk her reputation for perfection. And if she's not the perfect daughter, then who is she?"--Provided by publisher.
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