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Takedown

By: Laura Shovan

Sports

Lev is determined to be a champion this year. Then he meets his new training partner, and Mickey's a girl with something to prove. The path to the state wrestling championships just got a lot more complicated!

Ages: 10+

263 pages

Wendy Lamb Children’s Books

Average Rating: (35 Ratings)

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Submitted 1/7/2019 by CheckmateChamp

Awesome

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Submitted 1/7/2019 by aje034

Thumbs up!

This book made me think more about friendship.

I loved this book it was one of my favorites. I especially love the sports books ⚽️ 🥎 🤼‍♂️
-Alex (#11)

Awesome!!

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Submitted 1/4/2019 by gharary

I loved this book!

This book made me think more about friendship.

Great book

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Submitted 1/3/2019 by Curlygirl11

I liked this book.

This book made me think more about friendship.

Amazing!

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Submitted 12/17/2018 by MissPuppyLuvr

Thumbs up!

This book made me think more about friendship.

I loved this book. It is the best PJ our way book that I have gotten so far! It's amazing! Mickey has always wanted to join the Eagles, a wresting team, but when she's old enough, she finds out that she's not allowed to join because she's a girl. So she joins another team -- the Gladiators, which leads her to making new friends, winning matches, and having a lot of fun. :D!!

great!

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Submitted 12/10/2018 by totalia109

it didnt keep my interest but over all it was a amazing book and a great story in the end

Awesome

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Submitted 12/3/2018 by lfaber

I loved this book!

THIS BOOK IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! =) =)=)

good.

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Submitted 12/2/2018 by kungfu

IT WAS SO AWESOME!!!!!!

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Submitted 12/2/2018 by TrumanZ

I would read more books by this author.

This book made me think more about friendship.

It was just so good! I recommend this book!

Awesome

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Submitted 11/6/2018 by sel

I loved this book!

This book made me think more about the importance of family.

''Two wrestlers Two friends one champion''

Very great book

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Submitted 11/6/2018 by readingisfundamental

Thumbs up!

This book made me think more about the importance of family.

I liked how a girl was one of the two main characters.

Awesome

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Submitted 11/1/2018 by jennlevine

This is such a great book 👍

We like it.

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Submitted 10/9/2018 by pdxsoccerstar

Delgados Aren't Quitters

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Submitted 10/8/2018 by FreeTime

Even though she's the only girl Mickey never gives up.

GIRL POWER!!!!!

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Submitted 10/7/2018 by singread

I loved this book!

This book made me think more about friendship.

Mickey is awesome!

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Submitted 10/5/2018 by supers

Thumbs up!

Great!

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Submitted 10/3/2018 by unicornluv

I love this book! Everytime that i would have to stop reading at the end of a chapter i would get mad because it really kept me thinking ! I definitely think everyone should get this book.

EPIC

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Submitted 10/1/2018 by HPGIRL

Thumbs up!

This book made me think more about friendship.

This book was awesome.

Booorrrring

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Submitted 9/13/2018 by lotsofdogs

How do you make a sports story boring? Write the same thing over and over and over and over.

The Jewish stuff felt like it was just stuck in. Can't PJ find good stories where the Jewish part doesn't seem so fake?

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Submitted 9/9/2018 by Artistgirl23

I loved this book!

This book made me think more about friendship.

This book made me think you can do anything you put your mind to.❤️

Meh

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Submitted 9/5/2018 by chipmunk12

This book was just OK

This book made me think more about friendship.

This got really boring and I wasn't interested in it at all.

THE BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

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Submitted 9/5/2018 by Strength

SUPER EPIC!!!!!!

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Submitted 9/4/2018 by Basha

I loved this book!

This book made me think more about friendship.

I couldn't stop reading this book. It took me only one day to read it!

Awesome book! Just a little sad sometimes.

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Submitted 9/4/2018 by UPjewishkid

I loved this book!

This book made me think more about the importance of family.

Couldn't put the book down! I read at least three chapters almost every night before I went to sleep, read it during every extra minute I had, and took it with me almost every time went somewhere in the car!!! I learned what it really means to be supportive to friends and family as well. Definitely a must read for kids in middle school or older.

Best.Book.EVER!!!!!!

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Submitted 9/4/2018 by animalpower

I loved this book!

This book made me think more about friendship.

This amazing story is now my all time favorite book. Totally the best option. SO READ IT!!!!!!!

EPIC

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Submitted 9/3/2018 by thegreat

I loved this book!

This book made me think more about friendship.

very good liked a lot read it when you can

The Best Book Ever!!!

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Submitted 9/3/2018 by jkrivor

Thumbs up!

This book made me think more about friendship.

This book was the best book ever. I love it so much. I would really recommend reading it. It is also a good book for adults. It is one of my favorite books. It is not only about wrestling, it's also about how an 11 year old girl had a tough time, because not a lot of wrestling travel teams accepted females. Overall this book is the best of the best!!!

Best Book Ever!!!!!!

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Submitted 9/2/2018 by Lovemybooks

Thumbs up!

This book made me think more about friendship.

This is such a good book! My favorite part is that it promotes girls being wrestlers. 🤼‍♀️ The plot of this book is very interesting and never gets boring.

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Submitted 9/2/2018 by Tookle416

I loved this book!

This book made me think more about friendship.

Delgados Never Quit

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Submitted 9/1/2018 by mugwump

I loved this book!

This book made me think more about friendship.

Mikayla is a wrestler. She is actually quite good at it. But until her brother's coach says she can't play on his team because she's a girl, Mikayla has to join a new team and start from scratch. Lev has been wrestling forever and he'd never wrestled with a girl, in travel league, as his training partner. Lev and Mikayla have to work hard throughout the book to prove who they are and how hard they'll work to achieve their goals. This book has taught me how important sports are to families and how one friendship can change your life. I loved this book and I would recommend it to a friend.

the best

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Submitted 9/1/2018 by iliketoread08

I would read more books by this author.

This book made me think more about friendship.

It was AWESOME!

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Submitted 8/6/2018 by jimmyjam

I liked this book.

This book made me think more about friendship.

I thought this book was very Interesting.

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Submitted 7/5/2018 by LGS

This book was just OK

This book made me think more about being Jewish.

I don't like it

Great!!!!!!!!

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Submitted 7/4/2018 by mayluvs

This book made me think more about being Jewish.

Awesome!!!!!!!! 😀😎 🤓😏 🤗🤤 🤠 😺😸😼 😻😹 👍👍👍

A great read!

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Submitted 6/30/2018 by NationalDT

I would read more books by this author.

This book delivers many good morals in an interesting way through the characters' struggles.
Daniel, Kid Advisory Committee

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Barbara Sofer
Author of Takedown

When Laura Shovan was 12 and reading Jane Eyre, she felt like she was in rainy England even though she was really in sunny New Jersey. From then on, she knew she wanted to become a writer. Laura’s son was a wrestler when he was a kid, and the sport became such a big part of the family’s lives that she knew she would write a book about it one day. That book is Takedown!