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INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Shovan, Laura

Takedown

266 pp. | Random/Lamb | June, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-553-52141-2 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-553-52142-9 $19.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-553-52143-6
(3) 4-6 Sixth-grade wrestling partners Lev and Mikayla (Mickey) each face challenges at home and school, but both are determined to win a state title. Brief chapters alternate between the unlikely boy-girl friends; Mickey is a particularly strong female role model, but both characters are likable. Although (accessible) wrestling vernacular abounds, this is a story of family and friendship as much as it is a sports novel.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

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