Tumble

Informationen zum Autor Celia C. Pérez is the author of the award-winning and critically acclaimed books The First Rule of Punk and Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers . She lives in Chicago with her family, where in addition to writing books about lovable weirdos and outsiders, she works as a librarian. When she was in middle school, she filled diaries with recaps of televised wrestling matches. Visit her at celiacperez.com.   Klappentext Before she decides whether to accept her stepfather's proposal of adoption, twelve-year-old Adela Ramâirez reaches out to her estranged biological father - who is in the midst of a career comeback as a luchador - and the eccentric extended family of wrestlers she has never met, bringing Adela closer to understanding the expansive definition of family. Leseprobe Chapter 1 I bit into a french fry, one of those tiny crunchy pieces that always make their way to the bottom of the pile, just as Apollo slammed a folding chair across The Eagle’s back. The small TV on the shelf behind the counter was muted, and while I couldn’t hear the whack of metal against muscle, it startled me anyway. I flinched and jabbed myself with a shard of potato so hard that my eyes watered. “Uyyyy,” Alex said. He peered up at the TV from the flat-top grill and let out a slow whistle. “El Águila is getting his butt kicked again, eh, Adelita?” “Yeah,” I said. I ran my tongue over the fresh cut on the roof of my mouth. “Again.” “Maybe he’ll win this one, right?” Alex winked at me and cracked an egg into a bowl. I watched as he attacked the egg with a fork. Alex said the key to making a good scrambled egg was to keep the heat low and to beat the egg before pouring it into the pan. In general, I found the idea of eating eggs gross, but even I had to admit that Alex made a fine scrambled egg. Still, when he caught my eye and motioned to the runny glob he was cooking, I shook my head. Bacon grease popped and snapped on the grill as Apollo smacked the palm of his hand across The Eagle’s chest. A sizzle and the scrape of a spatula accompanied The Eagle bouncing off the ropes, zipping across the ring, and attempting a failed clothesline. My insides jumped as if the mat, which vibrated with each impact, were sitting in the middle of my stomach. On-screen, The Eagle showed no signs of winning this one. He struggled to get up, only to be met with the toe of Apollo’s golden boot. He didn’t stand a chance. “Why does The Eagle always have to lose?” I asked. “Because he’s a jobber,” Alex said, not looking up from the grill. “What’s a jobber ?” “A jobber puts over the other wrestler,” Alex explained as The Eagle tried to untangle himself from the ropes. “Plain English, please.” “It means his job is to lose and make the other guy look good,” Alex said. “He’s not a heel nor a face. Not a bad guy and not a good guy. Just—” “—a jobber,” I finished. Unlike Apollo, who was definitely the good guy. He’s the one you’re supposed to want to win. But Apollo had enough people cheering for him already, so I found myself going for the masked luchador. Mom says someone has to root for the underdog. That someone is me. While The Eagle slowly got up and rolled back into the ring, Apollo climbed to the top turnbuckle and waited like he was the bird of prey. I knew what was coming next. Wrestling might look like chaos, just a couple of people brawling, but it’s a ballet. And anyone who was a fan would know that the final curtain was about to drop. Sure enough, when The Eagle stood and turned, Apollo pushed off like his boots had springs, flying through the air in his signature closing move, the Sunset. “And that’s liiiiights OUT!” Alex yelled, just like the ringside announcer did every time Apollo finished off an opponent. He slashed his spatula through the air...

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Praise for Tumble by Celia C. Pérez:

A 2023 Pura Belpré Honor Award Winner
A Junior Library Guild selection
An NPR Best Book of 2022
A 2022 Horn Book Fanfare Selection
A BookPage Best Middle Grade Book of 2022
A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2022
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book of 2022
A NYPL Best Book for Kids 2022
An Evanston Public Library 101 Great Book for Kids 2022
A Center for the Study of Multicultural Children s Literature Best Book of 2022
A Multnomah County Library Best Book of 2022
A 2023 Illinois Reads selection
A 2023 Texas Lone Star Reading List Selection 
A 2023 Rise: A Feminist Book Project List Selection
An ALSC 2023 Notable Children s Book
A 2024 Georgia Children s Book Award Finalists 
A 2023-24 Land of Enchantment Book Award Nominee
A Bank Street Best Books of 2023
A 2023 Reading the West Book Award Shortlist Selection
National Book Festival: New Mexico s Great Read 2023, Children's Category
A 2023 Judy Lopez Memorial Award Honor book
A 2024 Read Aloud Indiana List Selection
A 2023 MISelf in Books Masterlist (Michigan)

Gripping, funny, and unique.  
Veera Hiranandani, Newbery Honor-winning author of The Night Diary

A plucky, heartwarming tale that celebrates the complexity of family relationships.
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
 
Humor and heartfelt emotion reign supreme.
Publishers Weekly, starred review
 
Very entertaining . . . Any child who also likes professional wrestling will eat this right up.
School Library Connection, starred review

"A must-have for any library collection serving tweens.  
School Library Journal, starred review

"Adela loves mythology and draws parallels from it to wrestling s celebrity allure and peripatetic lifestyle...It all acts as an engaging backdrop to this story of family lost and found and of making amends."
The Horn Book, starred review

Tumble is a complex, emotional story about loss, self-discovery and belonging, about forgetting who you were and remembering who you are.
BookPage, starred review

Select accolades and praise for Strange Birds:
A 2020 Rise: A Feminist Book Project List Selection
A 2020 Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year
An ALSC 2020 Notable Children's Book

Strange Birds respects its readers intelligence and sophistication.
Erika L. Sanchez, New York Times bestselling author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter for The New York Times Book Review

Thought-provoking, timely, and laugh-out-loud funny.
Aisha Saeed, New York Times bestselling author of Amal Unbound

Strange Birds is an inspiring story about the power of truth, and of true friends.
Rebecca Stead, New York Times bestselling author of the Newbery Medal winner When You Reach Me

"Writing with wry restraint that s reminiscent of Kate DiCamillo.  
Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Engaging, well-plotted.
Publishers Weekly, starred review

"A perfect title for school and public libraries seeking realistic books about friendship.
School Library Journal, starred review

"Perfect for preteens becoming aware that friendships can be complicated, and that the world is more so.
The Horn Book, starred review

Select accolades and praise for The First Rule of Punk:
A 2018 Pura Belpré Author Honor Book 
A 2018 Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children s Book Award Winner
A 2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor Book
An E.B. White Read-Aloud Middle Reader Award finalist

  Thoughtful.
Kirkus Reviews, starred review

  Those who enjoy vivacious, plucky heroines will eagerly embrace Malú.
School Library Journal, starred review

  A rowdy reminder that people are at their best when they aren t forced into neat, tidy boxes.
Publishers Weekly, starred review

Product details

• Authors: Celia C Perez, Celia C. Pérez
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 12
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.06.2023
• EAN: 9780593325186
• ISBN: 978-0-593-32518-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / General, People & places (Children's / Teenage), Family & relationships, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Sporting stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Places / General