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Series
Cadillac Bill Show volume 4
Language
English
Description
Bill talks to Mike Holler about his Marlin, fish shirt. Bill then visits a roller derby event and talks with the Hammercity Roller Girls. He then chats with Stefi Spitfire, Graham Rockingham from the Hamilton Spectator, and Peppermental.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
In the sprawling outer suburbs of Brisbane, a revolution is brewing. A sassy group of women from all walks of life has a dream: to resurrect the lost sport of full contact roller derby in Australia. Led by their president Evil Doll, and despite none having experience in business, the roller girls have set up a roller derby league, one of 220 now dotted around the globe. Born in the United States in the 1920s, full-contact roller derby took off around...
Author
Series
Lucky scramble volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
Six competitive cubers face off at the Speed Cubing national championships in this graphic novel that's perfect for fans of Roller Girl and the Last Kids on Earth series.
Despite qualifying for the Speed Cubing National Championships in Las Vegas, twelve-year-old Tyler Goodman and his mom don’t have the money to get him there. That is, until the retailer CubeMania offers him one of their coveted all-expenses-paid sponsorships!...
Despite qualifying for the Speed Cubing National Championships in Las Vegas, twelve-year-old Tyler Goodman and his mom don’t have the money to get him there. That is, until the retailer CubeMania offers him one of their coveted all-expenses-paid sponsorships!...
4) Oye: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Miami residents are ordered to evacuate before a hurricane, everyone in Luciana's family complies, except for her beloved yet batty grandmother, Abue. But it turns out the storm isn't the real crisis: Abue, normally glamorous and full of energy, is given a devastating medical diagnosis once danger passes. Luciana, and the rest of the family, are heartbroken, but Abue is about as interested in getting treatment as she was in evacuating. She'd...
5) In the Turn
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This award-winning documentary follows Crystal, a 10-year-old transgender girl growing up in rural Canada, as she navigates the difficult and complicated world that surrounds her. Tormented at school by teachers and peers alike, she faces daily assaults in the form of insults and physical altercations. The pain she endures at school takes a toll on not only her self-esteem, but also on the emotional stability of her family. After being denied the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When her Lower East Side, New York, neighborhood needs saving, a 13-year- old Black, super-genius transforms into her Marvel super hero alter-ego: Moon Girl! Her best friend Casey is there to manage her social media, and her giant red T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur, is by her side for muscle. Moon Girl is confident, determined, and ready for action in her turbo-powered roller skates"--
Author
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This novelization follows the thirteen-year-old Marvel Super Hero around her Lower East Side of Manhattan neighborhood, where her family owns and runs a roller-skating rink. As Moon Girl explores the cause of so many unexplained neighborhood power blackouts lately, readers will learn how Moon Girl came to be, meet her sidekick, a giant red T-Rex, and follow them on their first adventure fighting against the evil villain who is bringing darkness to...
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Being a preteen super hero is hard. Doing it when your parents finally know about it is even harder. Good thing Lunella Lafayette (A.K.A. Moon Girl, Inhuman super-genius) has a plan to keep heroing. To give herself the perfect alibi, she organizes a roller-derby team of other Inhuman kids! It's just supposed to be an excuse to get out of the apartment with all her super-hero gear in tow, but it turns out to be kind of...fun? That is, until one of...
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"May has arrived in the tiny hamlet of Glenville, Vermont, bringing with it currents of rejuvenation and rebirth. For 3 families, though, the year ahead will prove to be a roller coaster of life-changing events, promises, and tragedies. Liquid, Fragile, Perishable unspools via a chorus of unforgettable voices: an old-school Christian beekeeping family and newly transplanted New Yorkers; a trio of teenage girls and a deeply rooted family of ne'er-do-wells;...
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Book
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Meet Lunella Lafayette (a.k.a. Moon Girl) and her best friend, Devil Dinosaur! Whenever there is trouble in her neighborhood in New York City, Moon Girl uses her big brain and super-cool skates to save the day.
Author
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Perfect for fans of the Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur series, this novelization helps listeners understand how Moon Girl manages her life: junior high school student by day; crime-fighting Super Hero by night not to mention the guardian of a 10-ton red dinosaur who lives in her secret lab.This novelization follows the 13-year-old Marvel Super Hero around her Lower East Side of Manhattan neighborhood, where her family owns and runs a roller-skating...
14) Eegah
Publisher
The Film Detective
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Seven-foot-tall Eegah, the prehistoric caveman, is out on the prowl in his desert domain when Roxy runs him down with her sporty little roadster. The brute survives, but he's soon holding both Roxy and her father captive in his lair. It's up to Roxy's boyfriend Tom, a gas station attendant who moonlights as a rock n roller, to subdue the rampaging man-beast. What Tom doesn't bargain for is Eegahs extreme interest in stealing his girl!
Author
Publisher
Bermlord Publications
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Elise and her younger sister Wylla haven't spoken to one another in almost a year. Wylla refuses to forgive Elise for everything that happened last fall, but when they both win an all-expense paid trip to ten of the best amusement parks in the country to ride rollercoasters, Elise thinks it could be a way for them to finally reconnect. As the pair set off with a ragtag group of misfits--including a licorice-eating biker, a doe-eyed...
Author
Series
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Subcultures: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to subcultures in a global context. This fully revised new edition adds new case studies and an additional chapter on the digital lives of subculturists as well as reflections on the relationships between subcultures and globalisation and the resurgence of the far-right. Blending theory and practice, this text examines a varied range of subcultures including hip hop, graffiti writing,...
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