Comments on: Girlfight

By: Justine

Justine — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:28:31 +0000

Stephanie: Yes, I've seen Bend It Like Beckham. Not as good as Girlfight but very entertaining. Carrie V.: Yeah, saw Whip it. I wasn't hugely impressed. Part of that was because a friend told me it's just as good as Bring It On which it most certainly is not. (Wasn't funny!) Also I did not buy Ellen Page as a skater. And it spent way too much time on the very dull romance and not enough time with the derby and the skaters, who were way more interesting.

By: Carrie V.

Carrie V. — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:08:47 +0000

You must see “Whip It.” Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut. It’s about roller derby, and it presents it as an actual sport rather than spectacle. Very cool. Lots of tough women characters, too.

By: LaurieA-B

LaurieA-B — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:31:31 +0000

I will take your recommendation of Girlfight, and offer Girls Town (1996) as another good movie about female rage. And it’s totally YA too.

By: Mel

Mel — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:21:33 +0000

From reading the link, I thought the way Rihanna responded was incredibly mature and showed a lot of self awareness. I guess there’ll always be someone who misses the point.

And I do so need to see Girlfight.

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:15:36 +0000

Without having seen Girlfight, I love that the movie is about a (female) boxer with a (male) love interest called Adrian. ADRIAAAAAN!

By: Doret

Doret — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:43:07 +0000

Million Dollar Baby vs Girlfight. Which one wins? And is it a TKO or Judges decision?

When I read Liar I couldn’t help but notice and love the bit of basketball, you were able to sneak in. Justine from that small showing I know you could work out a basketball novel.

One of the things I love about sports books is they can’t be faked. Only a fan could write them. And thus the beauty comes from their love of the game.

Read a great YA book featuring a female boxer this year –
The Ring by Bobbie Pyron.

Two basketball books I highly recommand
Boost by Kathy Mackel – the MC reminds me a lot of DJ from Diary Queen

The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revoyr. – Loved this. The author wrote some serious game on the court.

Hope you don’t mind the suggestions. Just got off work still in seller mode.

By: Stephanie G

Stephanie G — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:09:04 +0000

Have you seen “Bend it Like Beckham”? Based on this post, I think you would like it.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:33:09 +0000

I was reading this on my reader and automatically read your list as the footnotes. Giggle. Makes more sense when you read the whole thing! I’m not a sports person myself, but I’m pleased to see more ya fiction focused on girls and sports, b/c I know a lot of our teen girls are very sports-minded here and also love to read!