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Roller Girl

  • Imprint: Puffin

  • ISBN: 9780141378992

  • Length: 240  Pages

  • Dimensions: 199mm x 16mm x 130mm

  • Weight: 408g

  • RRP: £7.99

Roller Girl

Astrid has always done everything with her best friend Nicole. So when Astrid falls in love with roller derby and signs up for a summer camp, she's sure Nicole will be right by her side - until Nicole signs up for ballet camp instead, with Astrid's biggest rival. So begins the hardest summer of Astrid's life, as she struggles to stay on her skates, to learn who she is without Nicole . . . and to find out what it takes to be a strong, tough, awesome roller girl.

  • Imprint: Puffin

  • ISBN: 9780141378992

  • Length: 240  Pages

  • Dimensions: 199mm x 16mm x 130mm

  • Weight: 408g

  • RRP: £7.99

Reviews

  • A wonderful story about friendship, self-belief and SERIOUSLY awesome girls!

    Robin Stevens, bestselling author of Murder Most Unladylike

  • This spiky, winning graphic novel captures the bittersweetness of finding a new passion and saying goodbye to your former, more uncertain self

    New York Times

  • A refreshing, witty story of trying, failing, reinvention, ambition, team spirit and how to be a decent friend

    Guardian

  • Vivid and funny . . . The graphic format makes it fizz . . . And the contact sport of roller derby makes for a fascinating setting. Expressive, fearsomely physical and dominated by women, the author brilliantly conveys its appeal

    Observer

  • A note-perfect middle-grade story of friendships lost and rebuilt, wrapped up in lively graphic novel form. Astrid is a peach of a hero, a likeable misfit desperate to be a great skater like her idol. Her discovery that it's not as easy as it looks will resonate with anyone who's ever dreamed of glory and fallen flat on their face; her response to disappointment will lift the heart

    Susie Day, author of Pea's Book of Best Friends

  • Roller Girl's message of self-discovery, friendship, and perseverance will roll its way right into your heart

    Raina Telgemeier, bestselling author of Sisters

  • Full of charm . . . Don't let this one roll past

    Kirkus

  • Readers will stand up and cheer

    Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Victoria Jamieson

Victoria Jamieson worked as a children's book designer before becoming a full-time illustrator. She has also worked as a portrait artist aboard a cruise ship, and has lived in Australia, Italy and Canada. She now lives with her family in Portland, Oregon, where she maintains a not-so-secret identity as Winnie the Pow, skater with the Rose City Rollers Roller Derby League.

Victoria Jamieson

Victoria Jamieson

Victoria Jamieson worked as a children's book designer before becoming a full-time illustrator. She has also worked as a portrait artist aboard a cruise ship, and has lived in Australia, Italy and Canada. She now lives with her family in Portland, Oregon, where she maintains a not-so-secret identity as Winnie the Pow, skater with the Rose City Rollers Roller Derby League.

Victoria Jamieson

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