Roller Girl: (Newbery Honor Award Winner)

By Victoria Jamieson

Book Overview

The Newbery Honor Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Roller Girl is a heartwarming graphic novel about friendship and surviving junior high through the power of roller derby--perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Smile ! 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, perseverance, and girl power!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803740166
• ISBN13: 9780803740167
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Dial Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

I really liked this book!

I love how this book shows relationships that are imperfect and that working hard is always important if you want something! I thought it was a neat way to show roller derby too, not a typical activity when I was growing up. The art is cute and fun to look at and the story has heart.