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Margarito acts like any other eleven-year-old aficionado of lucha libre. He worships all the players. But in the summer just before sixth grade, he tumbles over the railing at a match in San Antonio and makes a connection to the world of Mexican wrestling that will ultimately connect him--maybe by blood --to the greatest hero of all time: the Guardian Angel.

A 2012 Pura Belpre Author Honor Award winner

Xavier Garza was born in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. An enthusiastic author, artist, teacher, and storyteller, his work is a lively documentation of the...

In Xavier Garza s bilingual kids book, young Carlitos attends his first lucha libre match in Mexico City. At ringside, Carlitos sees the famous luchador the Man in the Silver Mask, a man whose eyes look terribly familiar. The masked wrestler even smiles at Carlitos He is mesmerized as the Man in the Silver Mask is pitted against the terrible forces of evil los rudos, the bad guys of lucha libre. They make the audience boo and hiss In the end, though, the Man in the Silver Mask triumphs and, in the process, gains a lifelong fan.

The fights still rage on in the third installation of Max's Lucha Libre Adventures series. Max seems like any other nerdy kid until he's asked to join the Lucha Libre Club. The super-secret club admits only the offspring of wrestling royalty. And Max is a prince, descended through his mother from royal blood, his uncle the very king of lucha libre: The Guardian Angel. Trouble is, the club is so secret that Max can't tell his best friend or girlfriend what he is up to. Just that vexing girl, Paloma.

Xavier Garza lives in San Antonio, Texas.