Roller Girl
  • Published: 1 August 2016
  • ISBN: 9780803740167
  • Imprint: Dial
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $24.99

Roller Girl

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Paperback
15 Oct 2024
EBook
29 Jun 2017
Paperback
1 Aug 2016
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In this graphic novel debut that earned a Newbery Honor and five starred reviews, real-life derby girl Victoria Jamieson has created an inspiring coming-of-age story about friendship, perseverence, and girl power!

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 roller derby bout (and junior high!) draws closer, Astrid realizes that maybe she is strong enough to handle the bout, a lost friendship, and middle school . . . in short, strong enough to be a roller girl.

In this graphic novel debut that earned a Newbery Honor and five starred reviews, real-life derby girl Victoria Jamieson has created an inspiring coming-of-age story about friendship, perseverence, and girl power!
  • Published: 1 August 2016
  • ISBN: 9780803740167
  • Imprint: Dial
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $24.99
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Praise for Roller Girl

Roller Girl‘s message of self-discovery, friendship, and perseverance will roll its way right into your heart

Raina Telgemeier, New York Times bestselling author of Sisters

This spiky, winning graphic novel captures the bittersweetness of finding a new passion and saying goodbye to your former, more uncertain self

New York Times Book Review

Jamieson captures this snapshot of preteen angst with a keenly decisive eye, brilliantly juxtaposing the nuances of roller derby with the twists and turns of adolescent girls’ friendships . . . Full of charm and moxie—don’t let this one roll past

Kiruks, starred review

The story will engage readers . . . Offer this comic to fans of Telgemeier’s Smile and Laura Lee Gulledge’s Page by Paige

School Library Journal, starred review

Readers will stand up and cheer

Publishers Weekly, starred review
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