Derby Girl, by Shauna Cross
Young Adult, 2007
Bliss is from the small Texas-town of Bodeen, who feels like she doesn't belong. An indie-rock loving, non-pink wearing, blue-haired girl, she is forced to participate in beauty pagents. One day she discovers Roller Derby, which is love at first sight. But it's going to take some work convincing everyone this is her dream.
I loved the sarcastic-freaky teen personality of Bliss. She was a little annoying sometimes, but what 16-year-old isn't? I enjoyed the other characters too, especially Malice and her dad. However, everything you never want a teen doing is in this book (except the use of hard drugs), and her swearing is prolific. Absolutely ridiculously prolific, particularly with the f-word which really bothers me. Because of that, I won't ever reread it. Graded a B.
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