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1) Roller girl
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
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
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...
3) Roller derby
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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...
7) The fireball
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Rooney is the me-first kid who knocks the banked-oval world of roller skating on its kiester and later rediscovers his humanity when life decks him with a hard-right called polio." --
8) 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.
10) Whip it
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bliss Calendar is a small-town teenager with a big dream: to find her own path in the world. Tired of following in her family's footsteps of compliance and conformity, Bliss discovers a way to put her life on the fast track, literally. She lands a spot on a rough-and-tumble roller derby team and becomes 'Babe Ruthless', the hottest thing on eight wheels.
Author
Series
Derby Daredevils ; 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?" --
12) 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."--
13) Slam!: Vol. 1
Author
Series
Slam! ; 1
Publisher
Boom! Box
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In the fast-paced, hard-hitting, super cheeky, all-female world of banked track roller derby, two young women will have to decide if their budding friendship is stronger than the pull of a team when a win is on the line."--Publisher's description.
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
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...
16) Bruised
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
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
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." --
Author
Series
Collection Slam ; 2
Publisher
Boom! Box, a division of Boom Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"After breaking one of the biggest rules in derby (not to mention an actual collarbone) Knockout and Can-Can are back on the track! But they have a lot of rehab to do, both on their battered bodies and their reputations in the league...will their friendship survive the dreaded derby drama?"-- Page 4 of cover.
19) Daredevil days
Author
Series
Phineas and Ferb ; 6
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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.