roller derbies

Annie's roller derby team is finally on a winning streak. They plan a special Halloween bout with their arch rivals, the High Rollers, but Annie sprains her ankle and she might not be ready for the match.

Annie's roller derby coach will be selecting the best girls for an all-star team, and Annie wants to be one of those chosen, but she is also dealing with a lot of distractions--like her break-up with Tyler and a surprise revelation from one of her teammates.

Sixteen-year-old rebel Bliss Cavendar, miserable living in a small Texas town with her beauty pageant-obsessed mother, secretly joins a roller derby team under the name "Babe Ruthless, " and her life gets better, although infinitely more confusing.

When Phineas and Ferb discover that their grandma used to be a roller-derby queen and that Jeremy Johnson's grandma was her skating rival, they build a rink and hold a contest between the two. Includes black-and-white illustrations.

Discusses the reemergence of women's roller derby, a sport with over one hundred leagues in the U.S., a national tournament, and major sponsors, and chronicles the author's experience as a spectator and a contender on the track, with photographs, suggestions on how to develop a roller girl persona, and a listing of the teams.

Sixteen-year-old rebel Bliss Cavendar, miserable living in a small Texas town with her beauty pageant-obsessed mother, secretly joins a roller derby team under the name "Babe Ruthless," and her life gets better, although infinitely more confusing.