โ Scribed by Maxwell Nicoll
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A boy's wish to be a star wrestler is granted in this wacky middle-grade fantasy
Ollie and his older brother, Hollis, have wrestling in their blood: Their mom was a pro whose dreams of stardom were dashed by a devious opponent. Now she's an overworked, underpaid ref at Slamdown Town, the local arena. Ollie's goal in life is to win the golden championship belt for his mom--immediately followed by his other goal: to hang his bully of a brother from the roof by his tightie-whities. But there's one problem: Ollie inherited their estranged dad's puny frame, while Hollis got their mom's brawn. Thus Ollie has resigned himself to a fate of wrestling mediocrity and wet willies . . . until the day Hollis gifts him a piece of stale gum and forces him to chew it. Ollie soon discovers that the gum--bought on eBay and formerly chewed by a wrestling legend-- has an unusual side effect: the ability to physically transform Ollie into a pro wrestler. As Big Chew,...
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