Originally published as Derby Girl this American classic deserves to be widely read. It is really a growing up story and concerns the plight of the last abused minority – children. Along the way we learn lots about Roller Derby and the people who people that sport. Roller Derby started here in the good old USA and was recreated in Austin, Texas/5(). Derby Girl by Shauna Cross is the book that it was adapted from. It’s particularly interesting to look at the two in comparison, because Shauna wrote the screenplay, and there is a very strong structural similarity between the two versions. The first impulse is always to point out the things that the film failed to do that were awesome in the. Shauna Cross's Derby Girl was named an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and Quick Pick for Young Adults, a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. It is now a major motion picture, Whip It, directed by Drew Barrymore/5().
Sharp humor dominates this entertaining debut from Cross, who weaves her own experience with roller derby into the fun and traumas of a small-town girl experiencing major rebellion. Sixteen-year-old Bliss lives in a dorky Texas town and struggles against her beauty pageant-addicted mom. Cross taps into common adolescent fantasies as Bliss dreams of escaping to Austin. Debut novelist Cross, a screenwriter and former roller derby girl, retreads well-worn YA themes as a path to a roller-derby plot line. A main character feeling too cool for school and her plebeian town? Check. Two parents who just don't understand? Check. A budding romance that leaves a best friend left in the dust? Check. Share - Derby Girl by Shauna Cross (, Hardcover) Derby Girl by Shauna Cross (, Hardcover) out of 5 stars 1 product rating. average based on 1 product rating. 5. 1 users rated this 5 out of 5 stars 1. 4. 0 users rated this 4 out of 5 stars 0. 3. 0 users rated this 3 out of 5 stars 0. 2.
Shauna Cross is a roller derby athlete, author of Derby Girl, and screenwriter of Whip It!. Her roller derby pseudonym is "Maggie Mayhem," skating for the Los Angeles Derby Dolls. The book, and film, are fictionalized accounts of an experience skating with the Texas Rollergirls. “The novel shines in describing the dashing world of roller derby, where the players are hot and have nasty names like Dinah Might, Eva Destruction and Princess Slaya. [Shauna Cross shows] naked enthusiasm for the edgy, underground sport.”—Publishers Weekly. Sharp humor dominates this entertaining debut from Cross, who weaves her own experience with roller derby into the fun and traumas of a small-town girl experiencing major rebellion. Sixteen-year-old Bliss lives in a dorky Texas town and struggles against her beauty pageant-addicted mom.
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