Book
2 of 2 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Teen Collection
- OSHTEMO: Teen Collection
Bruised
Call Number
- FICTION BOTE TEEN (CEN, OSH)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Simon Pulse BFYR, [2021]
Physical Description
328 pages ; 22 cmcm
Audience
Grades 10-12. Simon Pulse.
Summary
To Daya Wijesinghe, a bruise is a mixture of comfort and control. 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. So when chance and circumstances bring her to a roller derby bout, Daya is hooked. Yes, the rules are confusing and the sport seems to require the kind of teamwork and human interaction Daya generally avoids. 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. The deeper Daya immerses herself into the world of roller derby, though, the more she realizes it's not the simple physical pain-fest she was hoping for. Her rough-and-tumble teammates and their fans push her limits in ways she never imagined, bringing Daya to big truths about love, loss, strength, and healing.
Subjects
- Teenage girls > Juvenile fiction.
- Roller derby > Juvenile fiction.
- Roller skating > Juvenile fiction.
- Grief > Juvenile fiction.
- Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
- Self-mutilation > Juvenile fiction.
- Interpersonal relations > Juvenile fiction.
- Teenage girls > Fiction.
- Roller derby > Fiction.
- Roller skating > Fiction.
- Grief > Fiction.
- Orphans > Fiction.
- Self-mutilation > Fiction.
- Interpersonal relations > Fiction.