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1) Roller girl
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"A graphic novel adventure about a girl who discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend are growing apart"--
Author
Series
Derby Daredevils ; 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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 ; 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." --
Author
Series
Derby Daredevils ; 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." --
6) Roller girl
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Series
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English
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"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...
Author
Language
English
Description
"After the liver disease she was born with flares up unexpectedly, roller derby star Amelia, eighteen, must come to terms with the brevity of life while hoping for an organ transplant." --
Amelia Linehan could see a roller derby opponent a mile away-- and that's while crouched down, bent over skates, and zooming around a track at the speed of light. What she couldn't see coming was the flare-up of the rare liver disorder she was born with. With no...
8) Bruised
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Language
English
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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 and the sport seems to require the kind of teamwork and human interaction Daya generally avoids, but the opportunities to bruise are countless. As her rough-and-tumble...
Author
Series
Lumberjanes ; 9
Publisher
Boom! Box, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"SO HARDCORE! You just gotta learn to roll with the punches! When the yetis are kicked out of their humble treehouse abode, it's up to Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley to get them back where they belong amongst the trees ... and not leeching the camp's power and making all the ice cream melt. To get the sasquatches to clear out, though, the Roanoke girls will have to challenge them to a roller derby match!"--Page 4 of cover.
10) Sign me up
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Alyssa is an ice skater who prefers to skate alone. She lives in rural Alaska, where a quiet frozen lake is her happy place. But now she’s moving to sunny, loud Los Angeles. As the new girl in town, Alyssa isn’t sure if she’ll ever fit in. When the local roller derby team takes Alyssa under its wing, she’s not sure she wants to trade her ice skates and solitude for roller skates and teammates. Alyssa decides to leave her comfort zone. Will...
11) Drive
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Aiden DeHart has a history--and secrets. His classic car garage is a front for an FBI operation. His current mission: get some evidence from a drug dealer's ex-wife, then get out. Madison Haughton sending his engine into overdrive isn't part of the plan, though, especially considering she might not be as innocent as Aiden thought..."--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1971]
Language
English
Description
Illustrated with photographs by Walter Iooss Jr.: Iconic sportswriter and commentator Frank Deford's first book brings to life one of America's most thrilling - and misunderstood - sports entertainments, the Roller Derby, from its birth during the Great Depression to it second ascendancy in the late 1960s In Five Strides on the Banked Track, distinguished sports journalist Frank Deford opens a fascinating window on this exhilarating entertainment...
14) Jammer Star
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In this high-interest sports novel for young readers, Robin desperately wants to be the MVP of her roller derby team."--
16) Daredevil days
Author
Series
Phineas and Ferb ; 6
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
After finding out that both their grandmother and Jeremy Johnson's grandma used to be skating champs, Phineas and Ferb build an awesome rink right in their backyard, and they set up a contest to see which granny can roller derby their way to the finish line the fastest.
17) Hit somebody
Author
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The Roller Girls are back...Someone kidnaps Ginger Slap's husband at a roller derby practice, and teammates Annabelle Lector, Tina G. Wasteland and Brenda Scarr join forces with Hartford Cops Tracy "Trash" Hendrix and Jimmy Byrne to get him back. Ginger's husband was running for Mayor of Hartford on a strong law and order platform, but when she pays the ransom, the money disappears under the noses of the cops and their FBI back-up. Then someone tries...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Suspended after a "questionable" shooting, Hartford cop Tracy "Trash" Hendrix hires on to protect the local skaters from vandals while they prepare for a match to fund a women's shelter. He suspects a skater's ex-boyfriend, but the guy has an alibi when that shelter gets torched -- and an better one when he turns up dead. Then a skater is killed in a drive-by, and Henrdrix knows someone plays rougher than the roller girls.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Tune in now for the thrills and spills of Roller Derby live in New York City, 1948, as Midge "Toughie" Brasuhn and Gerry Murray show their high-speed, hard hitting rivalry on the roller derby track at the dawn of the television era.
20) Sobre patines
Author
Series
Publisher
Maeva Ediciones
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
"A graphic novel adventure about a girl who discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend are growing apart." --
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