There's a Girl in My Hammerlock

By Jerry Spinelli

Book Overview

I'LL START WITH SIMETHING THAT MAY SURPRISE YOU. WHAT I REALLY WANTED IN JUNIOR HIGH WAS TO BE A CHEERLEADER. IF I HAD MADE IT, ALL THIS WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.... Maisie Potter isn't quite sure why she signed up for the boys' wrestling team. She's never been all that interested in boys, so it can't have anything to do with Eric Delong, in spite of the disturbing effect his smile has on her. And she's certainly not prepared for the effect her presence on the team has on the people around her. Her brother's totally disgusted with her, her best friend drops her, her classmates ridicule her, and opposing teams forfeit rather than wrestle her. But Maisie's not a quitter, and she discovers that she really likes wrestling -- and that while Eric might not be worth the flak she puts up with, feeling good about herself is.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416939377
• ISBN13: 9781416939375
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 8

Customer Reviews

There's A Girl In My Hammerlock

There's A Girl In My Hammerlock is written by Jerry Spinelli. The publisher is Half Moon Books. It is about a girl named Maisie who tries out for the cheer squad, but doesn't make it. Then to get a little closer to Eric Delong, she goes out for the wrestling team and makes it, despite everyone really dsen't want her to. The main characters are Maisie a girl who strives for what she wants, Eric, Liz's boyfriend, Liz, a true cheerleader, her family, the wrestling team and finally Tank, P.K Maisie's litlle sister's best bud. There was a little suspense. For example, how was Maisie going to do on the wresting team? Exacly how close was she going to get to Eric? I would like to recommend this book because it tells how Maisie had courage and struggled to get her way even though it was hard, as a woman.

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There is Girl In My Hammerlock is about a girl named Masie who tries out for cheerleading but doesn't make it because of Liz Lampley the captain. Then since she has a crush on beautiful Eric Delong she tries out for Wrestling,a Boy sport until then she makes it. She faces lots of problems like, She gets teased for doing a boy sport. She gets teased bye the whole school just for trying a boy sport. Plus having to go through the fact that Eric Delong brakes up with his girlfriend so he asks Masie out they go to the mall and make out and he sticks his tounge in her ear. She calls her dad and she goes home just to find out that her pet rat is missing.Her little sisters friend brings her down into the basement and he goes out the door. Of course she finds the rat a couple of days later in the mailbox some how she got into the mailbox!

2 thumbs up to Spinelli!

I read this book soley for the reason I needed someone to related to. I'm a female wrestler (last year was my first year) and I was never so happy as when I found this book! It was such a great book! It dealt with the real problems of a young teen, without getting to soap oprahish... I recommend all young girls and guys read this book. It kind of helps put an end to stereotypes.

This book was very neat and interesting.

This book is about a girl named Maisie who doesn't make the cheerleading squad so she joins the all boys wrestling team to be by Eric Delong the most popular jock in the school. One problem is the head cheerleader also likes Eric. Maisie decides to stay on the wrestling team, but she notices that she startes to lose all her friends. Maisie as usual is not going to get Eric but they still remain friends with each other. This book is very good for both boys and girls and you should read this book if you like sports and a little bit of romance mixed together!!

I really liked this book!

This was a great book because it appealed to every kind of reader. It had suspense, romance, violence (to a certain degree), and humor. At first when I started reading this book, I thought it was just going to be about some wrestler who has a hard time. However, the author really does a good job of putting you in the main characters place. She also used very descriptive words that gave you a mental picture of what was going on in the story. If I had to recommend one book I would recommend There's a Girl in my Hammerlock by Jerry Spinneli because I know it would entertain whatever style of reading that person had. The genre of this book was contemporary realism.