Adam and the Golden Horseshoe

by Adam Page, Dylan Coburn (Illustrator)

Overview

The was nowhere to hide, and no one to help. Adam’s boots whispered, “You will have to be good enough!”

Before he was the AEW superstar, Hangman, he was Adam, a tiny go getter with a big dream.

In the third book of The Elite Team Series, journey with Adam on his quest to find the champion within. With the support of The Elite Team Friends (The Young Bucks, Cody Rhodes, Kenny Omega, and Marty Scrull), Adam’s story of perseverance, courage, and believing in yourself, will inspire your own little wrestler to strive for their best!

With vibrant illustrations, and comic book flair, your little wrestler will be inspired to BE ELITE!

Witness the first beginnings of The Elite Team. Perfect to share with your own little wrestlers, and create the next generation of wrestling fans!

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The Elite Team: Adam and the Golden Horseshoe
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780999388624
Publisher:	Trism Books
Publication date:	09/03/2020
Series:	The Elite Team
Edition description:	None
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Adam Page often felt he was overshadowed by his wrestling friends. But when the time came, their support helped him realize that he had all the tools he needed to be a champion. Golden horseshoe or not, Adam Page has been a successful professional wrestler for 11 years, reaching heights he never imagined. Dylan Coburn is an artist who draws for a living. His creative talents include production and storyboarding in the comic and movie world. As a little boy, he drew so often that his fingers were calloused and indelibly colored from pencil and ink. He’s also done his fair share of Wrestling, and now reserves his activity for daily bouts with his son, Zac. He is the illustrator of Cody Heart of the Mountain and Young Bucks Stand Tall.

Editorial Reviews

2020-03-15
A picture book paneled and paced like a graphic novel encouraging resilience and self-esteem.

The third installment in the Elite Team, an inspirational series from the eponymous professional wrestling stable, comes from Adam “Hangman” Page, a rising All Elite Wrestling star with a cowboy gimmick. In the book, although child Adam loves his guitar, he’s nervous about an upcoming talent show where he’ll compete among friends, recognizable as fellow stable members. After a few botches, Adam wants to quit, but his sentient boots offer a way out: a lucky golden horseshoe hidden in Aaron’s Creek, the adult Page persona’s kayfabe hometown. Page and series illustrator Coburn seem inspired by cinematic Westerns, as Adam vanquishes foes and conquers obstacles including a train robber (by losing his balance), a raging river (by holding on tight to a log), and a massive tornado (by lassoing it!). Dusty, full-color images in partial- and full-page panels consist of midaction freeze frames concentrated on characters’ expressions; all the critters Adam encounters resemble fellow wrestlers. Adam secures the Golden Horseshoe and, back home, triumphs at the talent show but realizes self-confidence is all he needed to win. Both story and moral are fairly predictable, and the wrestling-world references will exclude readers encountering them here for the first time. Though some of the wrestlers featured—including Page—have brownish skin, their real-life corollaries are all white males. People of color—and women—eventually appear, but only in backgrounds.

A B-show book from a main-event talent, explicitly intended for established fans. (author’s note) (Picture book. 5-8 )

Kirkus Reviews