Alondra
- Subject
- Coming of Age
- Age
- Teen
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
- Size
- 14.2 cm × 19.3 cm
- ISBN
- 9780374388454
From award-winning playwright Gina Femia comes a modern, raw coming-of-age story of friendship and romance about a bisexual teen girl and her friends wrestling their way through the summer.
Sixteen-year-old Alonda loves professional wrestling. So when she meets a group of teens with aspirations of wrestling fame in her Coney Island neighborhood, she couldn’t be happier. So as the ragtag team works to put on a show to remember, Alonda sheds her old self behind and becomes Alondra—the Fearless One. But with her conflicting feelings for King, the handsome leader of their group, and Lexi, the girl with the beautiful smile, Alonda has to ask herself: can she be as fearless outside of the ring as she is inside it?
An SCBWI Golden Kite Award Finalist
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What reviewers said
SCBWI Golden Kite Award Finalist
"There’s much to praise in this fast-paced and engaging debut, from the sense of found family that is part of Alonda’s life in multiple ways to the commentary on the impact of gentrification...A satisfying and joyful read."
