![]() ![]() But the opportunities to bruise are countless, and Daya realizes that if she’s going to keep her emotional pain at bay, she’ll need all the opportunities she can get. Yes, the rules are confusing and the sport seems to require the kind of teamwork and human interaction Daya generally avoids. So when chance and circumstances bring her to a roller derby bout, Daya is hooked. Since her parents died in an accident she survived, bruises have become a way to keep her pain on the surface of her skin so she doesn’t need to deal with the ache deep in her heart. To Daya Wijesinghe, a bruise is a mixture of comfort and control. Whip It meets We Are Okay in this vibrant coming-of-age story, about a teen girl navigates first love, identity, and grief when she immerses herself in the colorful, brutal, beautiful world of roller derby-from the acclaimed author of Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens. ![]()
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