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Maximilian and the Curse of the Fallen Angel. Copyright © 2020 by Xavier Garza. Ilustrations copyright © 2020 by Xavier Garza. Translation by Luis Humberto Crosthwaite, copyright © 2020 by Cinco Puntos Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written consent from the publisher, except for brief quotations for reviews. For further information, write Cinco Puntos Press, 701 Texas Avenue, El Paso, TX 79901; or call 1-915-838-1625.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Garza, Xavier, author.

Title: Maximilian and the Curse of the Fallen Angel : A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller / by Xavier Garza. p. cm.

Description: First edition. | El Paso, Tex. : Cinco Puntos Press, [2019] |

Summary: After one last fight, the Guardian Angel will retire as the most famous luchador but his nephew, eighth-grader Maximilian, hopes to one day take over his name and his mask.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019010014| ISBN 978-1-947627-30-7 (cloth) ISBN 978-1-947627-31-4 (paperback) | ISBN 978-1-947627-32-1 (ebook)

Subjects: | CYAC: Wrestling—Fiction. | Heroes—Fiction. | Uncles—Fiction. | Mexican Americans—Fiction. | Family life—Texas—Fiction. | Texas—Fiction. | Spanish language materials—Bilingual. Classification: LCC PZ73.G36822 2020 | DDC [Fic]—dc23.

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019010014

We had a lot of técnicos on our side for this book! Thank you to Luis Humberto Crosthwaite for making a Spanish translation that keeps all the fun of Xavier’s English. Thank you to Sylvia Zéleny, bilingual wonder, for her edits on the Spanish. Last but not least, thank you to Jill Bell, Kamille Montoya, and Taylor ffitch (not a typo!) for their diligent and eagle-eyed copy editing.

Book and cover design by Sergio Gómez, el designer más machín.