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Whip It
Contributor(s): Cross, Shauna (Author), Tedder, Jessica (Editor)

ISBN: 0312535996 ISBN-13: 9780312535995
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2009
Annotation: Bliss Cavendars pageant-addicted mother expects her to compete for the coveted Miss Blue Bonnet crown, but Bliss escapes by taking up Roller Derby. Bliss soon embarks on an epic journey full of a few not-so-awesome realities even the most bad-assed Derby chick has to learn.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women
- Young Adult Fiction | Sports & Recreation - General
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Dating & Sex

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 14-18

Grade Level: 9-13

Lexile Measure: 930(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.59" W x 8.17" L (0.55 lbs) 272 pages

Themes:
- Demographic Orientation - Small Town
- Geographic Orientation - Texas
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
- Catalog Heading - Language Arts
- Curriculum Strand - Language Arts

Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 119782
Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 7.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

Roller derby is back, in all of its rowdy and raucous glory

Meet Bliss Cavendar, an indie-rock-loving misfit stuck in the tiny town of Bodeen, Texas. Her pageant-addicted mother expects her to compete for the coveted Miss Bluebonnet crown, but Bliss would rather feast on roaches than be subjected to such rhinestone tyranny.

Bliss's escape? Roller Derby.

When she discovers a league in nearby Austin, Bliss embarks on an epic journey full of hilarious tattooed girls, delicious boys in bands, and a few not-so-awesome realities even the most hard-core derby chick has to learn.

Shauna Cross' Whip It is then basis of the 2009 Drew Barrymore film Whip It, starring Ellen Page, Alia Shawkat, Marcia Gay Harden and Daniel Stern.

Contributor Bio(s): Cross, Shauna: - Shauna Cross is the author of Derby Girl, 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. Cross is a screenwriter and a member of the Los Angeles Derby Dolls roller derby league. She skates under the name "Maggie Mayhem." She grew up in Austin, Texas, and now lives in Los Angeles.

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