Roller Girl

For the second year in a row, the committee has awarded a Newbery honor to a graphic novel! Not nearly as naive as I was way back in 2015, I saw GN on the spine of Roller Girl and immediately anticipated an entertaining and eye-catching read. I was not disappointed. There's just something so impressive about a good author who is also an incredible illustrator . . . and on top of being an incredible author-illustrator, Victoria Jamieson also skates on a roller derby team (Derby Name: Winnie the Pow). Can you get any cooler?

I'm inspired. Not to write a graphic novel (my lack of drawing ability would be too much of a handicap) . . . but to be a roller girl. Honestly, I think I could be pretty good. Then again, that's also what Astrid thought.

And then she attended her first day of roller derby camp.

Roller Girl Recipe:
1 cup G-rated Whip It
1 tsp El Deafo (yes, this has everything to do with the fact that it's the only other GN I've read)
3 Tbsp My 7th Grade Year (during which I did a lot of roller-blading, a lot of scoffing at girls who liked clothes and boys, and had lots of friend crises)

Recommendation: Read it! And then come join the Atlanta Rollergirls with me!