Book Vs Movie "Whip It" (2009) Drew Barrymore & Elliot Page

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book Vs Movie: “Whip It”</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The 2007 Novel by Shauna Cross Vs the 2009 Drew Barrymore-Directorial Debut</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/60822/whip_it-990x657.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Margos are feeling some badass girl energy and the need for speed so what is better than entering the world of women’s roller derby competitions to scratch that itch? The 2007 novel</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Derby Girl</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">by</span> <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189272/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Shauna Cross</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">gives us the fictional world of Bodeen, Texas, and our heroine Bliss Cavender. Bliss is 16. Her mother is a former beauty queen how dreams of her daughter being the queen of the local pageant. Bliss just wants to listen to indie rock and find ironic band shirts at the local thrift shop.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After joining the “Hurl Scouts” roller derby team in Austin, Bliss has her first fling with a bassist, alternately does well & then crashes at school, and ultimately comes to terms with her parents and their various goals for her. The book was named an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and on the list for the New York Public Library and author Cross based her own experience on her participation on the</span> <a href= "http://www.derbydolls.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Los Angeles Derby Dolls</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2009, </span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Barrymore"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Drew Barrymore’s</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">production company “</span><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_Films"><span sty