BOOK: Westling Sturbridge by Wallace

[Frederick Muller <fmuller@TELLURIAN.NET>]

Wallace, Rich._ Wrestling Sturbridge_. Knopf, 1996 [0-679-87803-3]
It is his senior year on the wrestling team in a town that lives for
wrestling.  The problem is that there are three slots for him and his
three friends and they are all good so Ben gets on second string.
This is the story of someone living through his last year in a one
business town (cement block factory) that's civic pride is centered
on its HS wrestling team.  This along with his growing interest in
girls, make it a very challenging year for Ben.  This 133 page book
tells of a young man who doesn't want to be stuck in this
Pennsylvania town for the rest of his life.  He has to make good on
his wrestling.  It is a wrestling story with so much more -- holds
your interest right up to the final match against the probable state
champion.  There is a strong wrestling team in our town and I try to
get wrestling books -- at least this one is not about a girl joining a
boys team.


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