Just Roll with it (Roller Girl)
Jamieson, V. (2015) Roller Girl . New York, NY: Penguin Group Spoilers ahead! Astrid’s best friend is Nicole. They do practically everything together. Astrid’s mom likes to take them on evenings of cultural enlightenment. Most of them are dull, but one night they go to the roller derby. It is love at first site for Astrid, but not so much for Nicole. When Astrid finds out there is a roller derby summer camp, she can think of nothing else. But Nicole doesn’t want to do it, she wants to go to ballet camp. Even worse, she wants to go to ballet camp with Astrid’s enemy number one, Rachel. So Astrid finds herself feeling alone at roller derby with no back-up. They start off and every seemingly is already knows how to do everything! Astrid can’t even skate. After a rough, tough day at camp Astrid then has to walk home. Her mom is under the impression that Nicole is also going to the camp and tha...