From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk and Strange Birds a dazzling novel
about a young girl who collects the missing pieces of her origin story from the family of
legendary luchadores she’s never met. A 2023 Pura Belpré Author Honor Book Twelve-year-old
Adela Addie” Ramírez has a big decision to make when her stepfather proposes adoption. Addie
loves Alex the only father figure she’s ever known but with a new half brother due in a few
months and a big school theater performance on her mind everything suddenly feels like it’s
moving too fast. She has a million questions and the first is about the young man in the photo
she found hidden away in her mother’s things. Addie’s sleuthing takes her to a New Mexico ranch
and her world expands to include the legendary Bravos: Rosie and Pancho her paternal
grandparents and former professional wrestlers Eva and Maggie her older identical twin
cousins who love to spar in and out of the ring Uncle Mateo whose lucha couture and advice
are unmatched and Manny her biological father who’s in the midst of a career comeback. As
luchadores the Bravos’s legacy is strong. But being part of a family is so much harder—it’s
about showing up taking off your mask and working through challenges together. COVER MAY
VARY.
