Originally pubished in the United States by Henry Holt and Company under the title: Derby girl. Includes an interview with the author.
Summary:
When sixteen-year-old rebel Bliss Cavendar, who is miserable living in a small Texas town with her beauty pageant obsessed mother, secretly joins a roller derby team under the name "Babe Ruthless," her life gets better, although infinitely more confusing.
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