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1) Roller Girl
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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,...
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,...
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Cadillac Bill Show volume 4
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Bill talks to Mike Holler about his Marlin, fish shirt. Bill then visits a roller derby event and talks with the Hammercity Roller Girls. He then chats with Stefi Spitfire, Graham Rockingham from the Hamilton Spectator, and Peppermental.
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Annie's broken up with Tyler and is trying to mend a broken heart. It doesn't help that he's now going out with snooty Kelsey. That's not all that's going on. Annie's roller derby coach has announced she will be selecting the best roller girls to form an all-star team. Annie really wants to be on it, but she knows her chances are slim. Coach organizes a boot camp to help the girls prepare. Tensions run high as the Liberty Belles compete with each...
4) Falling Hard
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When Annie moves from London to a small town in the midwest, she struggles to fit in. She gets off to a bad start when she makes an enemy of her school's queen bee, Kelsey. But she discovers a new passion, the exciting sport of roller derby, and makes friends with the cool and quirky girls on her team, the Liberty Belles. She also meets Jesse, the friendly boy who works at the roller rink, and Tyler, a cute, all-American sports star.
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Annie's roller derby team, the Liberty Belles, are finally on a winning streak. They plan a special Halloween bout with their arch rivals, the High Rollers. But Annie sprains her ankle. Will it heal in time for the bout? To make matters worse, Tyler seems to be ignoring her and flirting with Kelsey, her school's most popular cheerleader. At least Jesse is proving to be a good friend. He always seems to know exactly how to cheer her up.
6) In A Jam
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Annie and Tyler are going out! Okay, he can be a bit controlling sometimes, but Annie's never had a boyfriend before so she assumes that's what they're like. Her roller derby team, the Liberty Belles, are in top position in the league, but are they getting over-confident? Annie misses a few practice sessions so she can spend time with Tyler. As punishment, she gets left on the bench at a big bout. The whole team needs to refocus, especially Annie....
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Dreamscape Media, LLC
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[2017]
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English
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Roller Derby lifts the lid on the U.K. derby scene by following the exciting and often unpredictable lives of these unique women to discover what it really means to be a roller girl. These women are hardcore athletes who don pseudonyms and fishnets as they are fueled by passion and punch-ups.
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Twelve-year-old María Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malú) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos.
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From the author of the Newbery Honor winner Roller Girl, a heartwarming graphic novel about starting middle school, surviving your embarrassing family, and life at the Renaissance Faire that's perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier. Eleven-year-old Imogene (Impy) has grown up with two parents working at the Renaissance Faire, and she's eager to begin her own training as a squire. First, though, she'll need to prove her bravery. Luckily Impy has just...
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Armed and Dangerous volume 4
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With the F.B.I., the Highway Patrol and all of Hell's Kitchen looking on, the stand-off between Eddy Donovan and Arko reaches an uneasy resolution...for now. We also discover the real secret of how Eddy's dad died, while Doogie continues his pursuit of the Roller Girl. Not for the squeamish.
12) Measuring up
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Publisher Annotation: Twelve-year-old Cici has just moved from Taiwan to Seattle, and the only thing she wants more than to fit in at her new school is to celebrate her grandmother, A-má’s, seventieth birthday together. Since she can’t go to A-má, Cici cooks up a plan to bring A-má to her by winning the grand prize in a kids’ cooking contest to pay for A-má’s plane ticket! There’s just one problem: Cici only knows how to cook Taiwanese...
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Armed and Dangerous volume 3
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The streets are filled with blood and whispers. Eddy Donovan tries to save Lana from the streets and Slik, the vicious punk who runs her -- but does Lana want to be saved? Uncle Mitch fights for his life and Doogie gets an unexpected visit from the Roller Girl, and someone is watching Eddy's ugly confrontation with Slik. Someone who may have the wrong ideas about Eddy. Deadly ideas. The saga of New York's mean streets continues!
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Knit neat items inspired by sassy roller derby girls with the thirty hip knitting patterns that you will find in Knockdown Knits: 30 Projects from the Roller Derby Track. Roller derby, with its cheeky players, fast-paced jams, heart-stopping pileups, and rowdy, raucous atmosphere, is just as hot as the designs in this unconventional book. The Naptown Roller Girls of Indianapolis, Indiana, share the patterns they use when they're knitting in the off-time....
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2021-2022 OBOB 6th-8th Grade
American Library Association Youth Media Awards 2021
Books for Young Readers to Inspire Conversations
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American Library Association Youth Media Awards 2021
Books for Young Readers to Inspire Conversations
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"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp"--
16) SLAM!: Issue #1
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Slam! volume 1
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Best-selling novelist (Why Girls Are Weird, You Take It from Here), animation writer (Moana, the Wreck-It Ralph sequel), and comics writer (Rick and Morty) Pamela Ribon and artist Veronica Fish (Archie, Silk, Spider-Woman) dive into the fast-paced, hard-hitting world of roller derby! Jennifer Chu and Maise Huff (aka Knockout and Ithinka Can on the track) have been best friends since their first day of Fresh Meat Orientation for the Eastside Roller...
17) Rusty Summer
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Rusty Winters volume 2
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English
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There's school, and then there's the real world. If you're lucky enough to survive the first, you owe it to yourself to explore the second…
So let's roll…
With graduation a month away, I'm hitting the road with my best friends Beau, Leonie, and Leonie's awesome rescue dog, The Bomb. We've all got something on our minds. Beau is schooling our school for ignoring brutal bullying. Beautiful, crazy Leonie is striving to become a model. And I'm drilling...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2015.
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English
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In the sprawling outer suburbs of Brisbane, a revolution is brewing. A sassy group of women from all walks of life has a dream: to resurrect the lost sport of full contact roller derby in Australia. Led by their president Evil Doll, and despite none having experience in business, the roller girls have set up a roller derby league, one of 220 now dotted around the globe. Born in the United States in the 1920s, full-contact roller derby took off around...
19) The okay witch
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Okay witch volume 1
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Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Sabrina the Teenage Witch meets Roller Girl in this hilarious, one-of-a-kind graphic novel about a half-witch who has just discovered the truth about herself, her family, and her town and is doing her best to survive middle school now that she knows everything!
20) Sobre patines
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Maeva Young
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[2018]
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Español
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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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