There's A Girl in My Hammerlock

When Maisie Potter doesn’t make the cheerleading squad, she decides to try something completely different, and tries out for the wrestling team. Though no one tries to stop her from trying out, Maisie is the first girl in her school’s history to join an all-male sport. When she makes the team, sudde......more

Just finished this excellent young adult story. Spinelli has done it again -- spun a story I could hardly put down and that pulled all the loose ends together without tying them too tight. Maisie is an athletic type junior high girl. She was Athlete of the Year, playing on the basketball team, but sh......more

This was a really good book, it was certainly a page turner. The story is about a girl named Maisie Potter who joins her school's wrestling team. For a girl to be on the wrestling team is a big deal. Everybody is talking about Maisie and there are a hundred rumors going around about her. But Maisie......more

For starters, this is one of Spinelli's books that's maybe meant for a little bit more mature of an audience - we've got gross tongue kissing and ear licking (ew!) and a few other details that definitely pushes this into a Middle Grades book. That being said, there are lots of things that make this......more