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 Belpr 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 dreams, superstitions, and heroes in the bigger-than-life world of south Texas.

Maximillian's summer vacation resembles one of his beloved lucha libre movies: grudge matches, fantastic villains and the Guardian Angel. A Pura Belpr -winning bilingual cuento. Maximillian is just another 11-year-old lucha libre fan. He goes to the matches, watches the movies and collects the masks of his favorite wrestlers, especially the Guardian Angel. But when he tumbles over the railing at a lucha libre match in San Antonio, Max makes a connection to the world of Mexican wrestling that will ultimately link him--maybe by blood --to the greatest hero of all time: The Guardian Angel. What was shaping up to be one boring summer before 6th grade now seems like a story straight out of Max's beloved lucha libre movies Las vacaciones de verano de Maximillian se parece a una de sus queridas pel culas de lucha libre: partidos de rencor, villanos fant sticos y el ngel Guardi n. Un cuento biling e, ganador de Pura Belpr . Maximillian es solo otro fan de lucha libre de 11 a os. l va a los partidos, mira las pel culas y colecciona las m scaras de sus luchadores favoritos, especialmente el ngel Guardian. Pero cuando cae por la barandilla en un combate de lucha libre en San Antonio, Max hace una conexi n con el mundo de la lucha mexicana, que finalmente lo vincular , tal vez por sangre --Al h roe m s grande de todos los tiempos: El ngel Guardian.
A 2012 Pura Belpr 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 dreams, superstitions, and heroes in the bigger-than-life world of south Texas.

Maximillian's summer vacation resembles one of his beloved lucha libre movies: grudge matches, f