Derby Girl is a 2007 novel by Shauna Cross. It tells the story of Bliss Cavendar, a girl from the fictional town of Bodeen, Texas, whose mother wants her to compete in beauty pageants, and seeks escape in the world of roller derby. The book was named an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. The novel was made into the movie Whip It directed by Drew Barrymore.
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Derby Girl was adapted into a 2009 film.
Whip It2009 · film · 111 min · dir. Drew Barrymore · IMDb ↗In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
