Alondra (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780374388454)

A contemporary YA debut from award-winning playwright Gina Femia, Alondra is a coming-of-age story of friendship and romance, about a bisexual teen girl and her friends wrestling their way through the summer--sometimes on the playgrounds of Coney Island, sometimes with their feelings and at home.

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?

SCBWI Golden Kite Award Finalist

Author: Gina Femia
ISBN-10: 0374388458
ISBN-13: 9780374388454
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Language: English
Published: 04/18/2023
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.60w x 1.70d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/06/2023
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2023
Booklist 04/01/2023 pg. 58
BookPage 05/01/2023
School Library Journal 10/20/2023 pg. 1