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Astrid ha sempre fatto tutto con la sua migliore amica Nicole. Quando si iscrive a un campo estivo di roller derby, uno spericolato sport sui pattini, è sicura che lei la seguirà. Invece Nicole decide di iscriversi a un campo di danza, e per di più con una nuova amica! fra cadute rovinose, capelli tinti di blu, nuove conoscenze, allenamenti segreti, speranze e delusioni, questa sarà l'estate più complicata ed esaltante nella vita di Astrid. Età di lettura: da 11 anni.
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- Pagine: 239
- Data di uscita: 14-04-2016
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Roller Derby, Girl-Power, and Friendship I was pumped to read this middle-grade graphic novel all about recognizing female empowerment within the roller derby community, especially after having read and loved Pamela Ribon's SLAM! Vol. 1 , which is a YA comic bundle set around the same premise.
This book was recommended to me by a fellow bookstagrammer. I gave it to my 8 years old and he loved it so much that he read it 3 times! It's no wonder because I absolutely loved this book! I read it in one sitting from 10:30pm to 2:30am! The story was on roller derby and I knew nothing about it so
Roller-rific. This was amazing. I want to go to a real Roller Derby event. i think it would be fun. I enjoyed the movie that came out a few years ago. This is a story about Astrid at age 12 learning to be a tough and cool Roller Girl. She joins a summer camp to learn to skate, bump, fall, and jam. S Leggi tutto
Holy crap, I'm so excited that I get to be a kids librarian in a time when the market is nurturing and embracing literature like this. Jamieson has a soft spot for the everysoul - she doesn't tell stories just about the stars of the world. Here, she uses her background playing roller derby to tell a Leggi tutto
Raina Telgemeier territory, which is to say it is a perfect antidote to the sturm und drang and anguish and suffering of Crime and Punishment! :) Happy and positive and colorful. A girl grows up with a mom taking her and her sister to the opera and ballet to expose her to a certain type of cultural e Leggi tutto
I would like to begin with my tl;dr impressions of this book and they go like this: YES! YES! YES! OH MY GOD! I LOVE IT SO MUCH, I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN CRACKED OPEN AND SOMEONE POURED PURE SUNSHINE INSIDE OF ME! SQUEEEEEEEE!!! With that out of the way--I've loved roller derby for years. At my first in- Leggi tutto
Oh, I loved Roller Girl. I came across it during a shopping trip at Gosh! Comics with my friend Daphne and one glance at the cover me it was the graphic novel for me! Roller Girl is the heartwarming tale of friendship and roller derby over one summer, beautifully written and illustrated by Victoria Leggi tutto
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