Roller Girl

Victoria Jamieson

Penguin, 2015年3月10日 - 240 頁

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!

讀者評論

LibraryThing Review

用戶評語  - DianaNewman1617 - LibraryThing

What a fantastic coming of age novel! Astrid and Nicole have been best friends for a long time, and for the first time in their lives they aren't spending their Summer together. They are used to doing ...

LibraryThing Review

用戶評語  - amandabock - LibraryThing

So great! This is a really nice example of a great graphic novel that is also great character-driven realistic fiction. It's perfect for Telgemeier fans, and I suspect it will be very popular for a ...

關於作者

Victoria Jamieson received her BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design. She worked as a children’s book designer before moving to Portland and becoming a freelance illustrator. She has also worked as a portrait artist aboard a cruise ship, and has lived in Australia, Italy, and Canada. She maintains a not-so-secret identity as Winnie the Pow, skater with the Rose City Rollers roller derby league.

書目資訊

• 書名: Roller Girl
• 作者: Victoria Jamieson
• 出版者: Penguin, 2015
• ISBN: 0698190599, 9780698190597
• 頁數: 240 頁