Welcome to Sturbridge, Pennsylvania, a small, dead-end town with nothing to do and no way out.┬а┬аAt least that's how Ben, a high school senior and the second-best 135-pound wrestler in school, sees it.┬а┬аBut Ben's fed up with being stuck on the bench, watching as his friend Al, the state champion, gets all the glory.┬а┬аIf Ben doesn't get his life in gear, he could end up like his father and the other men in Sturbridge--working on the line in the cinder block factory.┬а┬аSpurred on partly by a wise, intense young woman, and partly by a strength found deep within himself, Ben looks for a way out--his whole life depends on it.┬а┬аIn the words of Newbery medalist Jerry Spinelli, "Wrestling Sturbridge isn't just an outstanding first novel; it's an outstanding novel, period."┬а┬а