Bruised
Written by Tanya Boteju
Narrated by Angel Pean
4.5/5
()
About this audiobook
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
Tanya Boteju
Tanya Boteju is a teacher and writer living on unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations (Vancouver, British Columbia). Part-time, she teaches English to clever and sassy young people. The rest of her time, she writes and procrastinates from writing. Her novel, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens was named a Top Ten Indie Next Pick by the American Booksellers Association, as well as selected for the American Librarian Association 2020 Rainbow List. Her work appears in the anthology Out Now and her latest young adult novel, Bruised, has been selected as a Gold Standard book by the Junior Library Guild. In both teaching and writing, she is committed to positive, diverse representation. Visit her at TanyaBoteju.com.
Related to Bruised
Related audiobooks
Sasha Masha Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We Are the Scribes Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Forward March Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ophelia After All Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The One True Me and You: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Home Field Advantage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Girls: A Vampire Revenge Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Kissed Alice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ship It Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Never Trust a Gemini Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5She Drives Me Crazy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Epically Earnest Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Lakelore Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Break in Case of Emergency Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMiss Meteor Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Marvelous Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5And Other Mistakes Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ode to My First Car Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dangerous Play Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spin with Me Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Mythic Koda Rose Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Tell Me How You Really Feel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Primal Animals Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5It Goes Like This Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Robin and Her Misfits Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
YA Social Themes For You
The Hate U Give Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Summer I Turned Pretty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Uglies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Powerless Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If He Had Been with Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Firekeeper's Daughter Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5They Both Die at the End Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Divergent Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It's Not Summer Without You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Downstairs Girl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Weight of Blood Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5We'll Always Have Summer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poet X Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Crank Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Better Than the Movies Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The First to Die at the End Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Long Way Down Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Warrior Girl Unearthed Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, Book 1) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It's Kind of a Funny Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Butterfly Assassin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Thousand Heartbeats Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Specials Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pretties Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Allegedly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Monday's Not Coming Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Radio Silence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Five Feet Apart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Bruised
10 ratings0 reviews