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Roller Girls #4
Boot Camp Blues
Annie's broken up with Tyler and is nursing a broken heart. It doesn't help that he's now going out with snooty Kelsey. That's not all that's going on – Annie's Roller Derby coach has announced she will be selecting the best roller girls to form an all-star team. Annie really wants to be on it – but she knows her chances are slim. Coach organises a boot camp to help the girls prepare. Tensions run high as the Liberty Belles compete with each other for an all-star position.
- GenresYoung Adult
199 pages, Paperback
First published September 12, 2013
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Megan Sparks
7 books8 followersMegan Sparks is the author of the Roller Girls series. The first two books in the series, Falling Hard and Hell's Belles, were published by Capstone Young Readers in 2013. Kirkus Reviews called Falling Hard a "fun romp of a girls' sports story."
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December 28, 2013
Annie is seriously being an ass to the beautiful Jesse, who clearly loves her. God, Annie. Jesse loves you. Seriously. You are so dumb.
December 15, 2017
Possibly my favourite of the batch, just because it does try to do something a bit different by sending Annie off to boot camp. For the most part it's pretty predictable (it should come as no surprise to anyone who's read even one of the previous books that Annie ends up with The Boy), but it's fun.
The four books in the series all have release dates in a short span, and it's been several years since the last was released...for the most part the books stand alone pretty well, but there are a few things in here (e.g., the drama with Dee Stroyer) that make me think that more books were planned...probably starting with Roller Girls: All Stars. I wouldn't be too sorry if that came to pass.
The one truly eye-roll-inducing thing: one character comes out as a lesbian in this book, and then Annie meets a second lesbian, and her first thought is 'Oh! You're both lesbians! Obviously you should date!' Well intentioned, certainly, but ever so slightly reductive.
The four books in the series all have release dates in a short span, and it's been several years since the last was released...for the most part the books stand alone pretty well, but there are a few things in here (e.g., the drama with Dee Stroyer) that make me think that more books were planned...probably starting with Roller Girls: All Stars. I wouldn't be too sorry if that came to pass.
The one truly eye-roll-inducing thing: one character comes out as a lesbian in this book, and then Annie meets a second lesbian, and her first thought is 'Oh! You're both lesbians! Obviously you should date!' Well intentioned, certainly, but ever so slightly reductive.
January 21, 2021
Final in this series, it never really made me that excited, I must confess.
I did finish them all, but was wishing for more roller action and less angst.
I did finish them all, but was wishing for more roller action and less angst.
August 8, 2014
I'm kindof embarrassed that I didn't figure out this series was the teenybop version of Sense and Sensibility. I mean, I knew where it was headed after Annie's first rollerblading trip around town, but I totally didn't make the connection until Annie's English class was reading Sense & Sensibility in this book.
In this book, Annie & her on-team rival find common ground and mutual respect when they both get to attend a sleep-away roller derby boot camp on a college campus to prepare themselves to try out for the league All Star team. Annie also gets the chance to reflect on Tyler, and how much she (surprisingly to her) misses him while she's out of town for the week.
Important lessons are learned, dangerous situations are encountered but escaped with minimal negative impact.
I'm especially interested in how Holly Terror, who previously was the girl on Annie's team who gave her the hardest time, comes around to become a good friend to Annie, and even gains a measure of humility (much to her credit!) when she can't be on the All Star team. Contrast that with Dee Stroyer (the girl on the rival team who was such a poor sport she injured Annie in the second book), who has a rotten attitude from the word go, and spurns Annie even when she's willing to let bygones be bygones and offers her an olive branch: . I actually appreciate that Sparks doesn't make everything so black-and-white, cut-and-dry, good-guy-bad-guy *simple* as she makes some things.
All in all, I would be totally OK with sharing this entire series with anyone aged 9-14, though it would likely be better received by girls, and some teens may be turned off by the simplified "goodie" way the majority of the plot points are resolved.
In this book, Annie & her on-team rival find common ground and mutual respect when they both get to attend a sleep-away roller derby boot camp on a college campus to prepare themselves to try out for the league All Star team. Annie also gets the chance to reflect on Tyler, and how much she (surprisingly to her) misses him while she's out of town for the week.
Important lessons are learned, dangerous situations are encountered but escaped with minimal negative impact.
I'm especially interested in how Holly Terror, who previously was the girl on Annie's team who gave her the hardest time, comes around to become a good friend to Annie, and even gains a measure of humility (much to her credit!) when she can't be on the All Star team. Contrast that with Dee Stroyer (the girl on the rival team who was such a poor sport she injured Annie in the second book), who has a rotten attitude from the word go, and spurns Annie even when she's willing to let bygones be bygones and offers her an olive branch: . I actually appreciate that Sparks doesn't make everything so black-and-white, cut-and-dry, good-guy-bad-guy *simple* as she makes some things.
All in all, I would be totally OK with sharing this entire series with anyone aged 9-14, though it would likely be better received by girls, and some teens may be turned off by the simplified "goodie" way the majority of the plot points are resolved.
April 26, 2017
Meg
Amazing book I really enjoy reading it over and over just can't wait for the next book in the series
Amazing book I really enjoy reading it over and over just can't wait for the next book in the series
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