Lucía the Luchadora
Cynthia Leonor Garza, illustrated by Alyssa Bermudez
Lucía wants to be a superhero, but boys at the playground tell her that girls cannot be superheroes. Her abuela gives her a luchadora mask and explains the Mexican tradition of lucha libre. Wearing the mask, Lucía adopts a luchadora identity and impresses the boys by doing the same superheroic things she had done before. They do not realize she is a girl until she reveals herself. The story joins a superhero ambition with a family connection to lucha libre.
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