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2) Roller girl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
GN 440L
Language
English
Description
"A graphic novel adventure about a girl who discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend are growing apart"--
4) Bruised
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Daya Wijesinghe sees a bruise as a mixture of comfort and control, but joining a roller derby team push her toward big truths about love, loss, strength, and healing.
Since her parents died in an accident Daya Wijesinghe survived, bruises have become a way to keep her pain on the surface of her skin so she doesn't need to deal with the ache deep in her heart. When chance brings her to a roller derby bout, Daya is hooked. Yes, the rules are confusing...
5) Whip it
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old rebel Bliss Cavendar, miserable living in a small Texas town with her beauty pageant-obsessed mother, secretly joins a roller derby team under the name "Babe Ruthless, " and her life gets better, although infinitely more confusing.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Disco was in, polyester was cool, and the roller game was the hottest thing on wheels when this smash-mouth spinfest elbowed its way onto screens. K.C. (Raquel Welch) is a single mom (to Jodie Foster) who laces up to earn a living for her family.
7) Jammer star
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Language
English
Description
Robin strives to be the most valuable player of her roller-derby team but when star player, April, is losing a lot of weight and competing at a lackluster level, she is closer to the title, but fearful for her teammate.
Author
Series
Blood City rollers volume 1
Publisher
Labyrinth Road
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After ice-skater and Olympic hopeful Mina wipes out at her biggest competition she gets recruited by a squad of vampires who need a human player to complete their Paranormal Roller Derby team.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Suzy Hotrod, one of the world's most renowned roller derby stars, is a Catholic school girl turned punk rocker who has appeared in Sports Illustrated and ESPN. In her fifteenth season, Suzy continues to compete at an elite level against women half her age while confronting the sacrifices she's made to play and the legacy she'll leave behind. Evilicious struggles to get back on skates and pass a skills test after a surprise pregnancy and challenging...
Author
Series
Derby Daredevils volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grade best friends Kenzie "Kenzilla" and Shelly "Bombshell" dream of becoming roller derby superstars one day, but when a junior league forms and they must recruit teammates, will their friendship survive?
Author
Series
Derby Daredevils volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When they get lost in a strange city during roller derby camp, the Daredevils lose their confidence and their ability to work as a team, but shy Tomoko's wilderness skills and navigational know-how help them escape the urban jungle.
Author
Series
Derby Daredevils volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Now an official junior roller derby team, members of the Austin Derby Daredevils are working on their unique abilities but Shelly struggles to identify what makes her shine on the track.
13) Whip it
Author
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Meet Bliss Cavendar, a blue haired, indie-rock loving misfit stuck in the tiny town of Bodeen, Texas. Her pageant-addicted mother expects her to compete for the coveted Miss Blue Bonnet crown, but Bliss would rather feast on roaches than be subjected to such rhinestone tyranny. Bliss' escape? Take up Roller Derby. When she discovers a league in nearby Austin, Bliss embarks on an epic journey full of hilarious tattooed girls, delicious boys in bands,...
14) Roller girl
Author
Publisher
Playaway Products
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
For most of her twelve years, Astrid has done everything with her best friend Nicole. But after Astrid falls in love with roller derby and signs up for derby camp, Nicole decides to go to dance camp instead. And so begins the most difficult summer of Astrid's life as she struggles to keep up with the older girls at camp, hang on to the friend she feels slipping away, and cautiously embark on a new friendship. As the end of summer nears and her first...
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