On a Roll...

Hi! It's Miss Jo. I just finished a book that I thought you might like to check out.

The book is Derby Girl, and it's written by Shauna Cross. It is a real easy read and just a fun one to take your mind off about going back to school.

Fifteen year old Bliss Cavendar is in high school in a small hick town not far from Austin called Bodeen. Bliss has a mother who is into beauty pageants and she thinks her daughters should be into it, too.

Bliss hates pageants and wants out. Bliss and her friend Pash take a trip to Austin and they end up at a Roller Derby event. Bliss loves it and so she tries out for a team without her parents knowing about it. You have to be 18 to be on a roller derby team, but Bliss lies about her age.

Well, she doesn't really lie -- she just doesn't tell them her age. She makes the team (the Hurl Scouts), and the rest is history.

Between school, parents, work a new boy friend and her new life as a roller derby star, everything is going along fine for Bliss, until her boyfriend cheats on her and her mother finds out about her roller derby life.

Grab your skates and check this book out and see what happens to Bliss and her life as a roller derby queen. Roller Derby is not a beauty pageant, but it is a lot more exciting.

ALL SKATE!