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Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-wrestling Smackdown by Megan McDonald

Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-wrestling Smackdown

Megan McDonald

Candlewick Press · Paperback · March 9, 2021

Stink needs a sport, fast!

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Who it’s for
Thumb-wrestling bravado and karate ambitions make for playful, high-energy reading.
Themes
Sports and competition, Trying to improve in PE
Pacing
Fast

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Stink needs a sport, fast! Can he wrestle a win at thumb wars? Or will a perfect karate kick lead him to victory? Hii-ya! Stink Moody, family brain, brings home a report card that isn’t perfect? Yikes! Time for him to get into fighting shape and beat back that U for Unsatisfactory in PE!

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A scan of the sports channel leads to a knock-out find: world-class thumb wrestling, with tricky moves like Snake in the Grass and Santa’s Little Helper (no equipment needed, save for a tiny terrifying mask to sit on your thumb). But when Mom and Dad are not wowed, Stink gets another idea: he’ll kick and punch his way to a yellow belt with the help of a Dragon Master and a mind as still as a pond. Can you say Crouching Tiger, Hidden Thumb?

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Thumb-wrestling bravado and karate ambitions make for playful, high-energy reading.

Come here for

  • Inventive thumb-wrestling moves with wonderfully silly names
  • A kid’s determined bid to improve at PE

Expect

  • Comic sports mishaps and martial-arts flair
  • A lively, lighthearted read

Where it sits

Martial Arts63%
Funny Stories45%
Chapter Books34%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Everyday Routines
  • Martial Arts
  • Chapter Books
Authors
Megan McDonald
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Published
March 9, 2021
Format
Paperback
Theme
Sports and competition · Trying to improve in PE
Reading lane
Everyday Routines