The Fight of His Life by Jennifer Degenhardt Paperback Book 9781733346467

After years of living with uncertainty first with his mother and then in foster care JPs life isfinally becoming more predictable routine and even comfortable Now that he is safely livingwith his father his stepmother and his two halfsisters JP is finally enjoying the opportunity tolearn more about himself He is not a fan of school mostly because its hard for him but heresolves to do well enough to ensure academic eligibility for the wrestling team as his sightsare set on winning a state championship that yearJPs father Juan is also learning learning how to contend with the challenges that come withraising a teenager Juan tries to better understand his son who has recently come to live withhim and attempts to make a better connection by letting JP know that he too was once awrestler back in Mexico A luchador mexicano The conversations between the two arepeppered with reminders of JPs desire to get his drivers license as he desperately wants tofit in with all of his friends who are also headed to the DMV But there is a problem one heknows nothing about and one that Juan hopes can be fixed before JP finds outIn this novel readers are presented with a wealth of vocabulary and verb tenses while focusingon family and social issues with the cultural component being that of Mexican wrestling lalucha mexicana