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I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader

by Kieran Scott

Annisa Gobrowski has a problem—everyone at her new high school in Florida is blonde. If Annisa’s Jersey attitude doesn’t make her stand out enough, her dark pixie haircut sure does. Yet no lack of golden highlights is going to stop Annisa from making the best of Sand Dune High, especially once she checks out the competition-level cheerleading squad.

Accidental Cheerleader (Candy Apple)

by Mimi McCoy

When shy Sophie's best friend, Kylie, signs them both up for cheerleading tryouts, it's Sophie who lands in the spotlight - and Kylie ends up on the sidelines. Now Kylie is stuck playing mascot, and she doesn't exactly get along with Sophie's new friends on the squad. Things really spin out of control right before the big game, and Sophie has to choose sides. Can the girls rediscover how to root for each other... (more)

All's Fair in Love, War, and High School

All's Fair in Love, War, and High School

by Janette Rallison

When your chance for getting into college and your date for the prom are all on the line… Sixteen-year-old Samantha Taylor is used to having things go her way. She’s head cheerleader and has all the right friends and a steady stream of boyfriends. But when she tanks the SATs, her automatic assumptions about going to college don’t appear to be so automatic anymore. She determines that her only hope for college... (more)

Dreamland (reissue)

by Sarah Dessen

Rogerson Biscoe, with his green eyes and dark curly hair, is absolutely seductive. Before long, sixteen-year-old Caitlin finds herself under his spell. And when he starts to abuse her, she finds she's in too deep to get herself out...

Harsh Pink: Color Me Burned

by Melody Carlson

So much for blending in. After moving with her mom from their hometown of Boston, Reagan Mercer is just trying to fit in at her new high school. By winning a coveted spot on the cheerleading squad, Reagan accidentally bumps popularity poster child Kendra Farnsworth from the lineup and makes a new A-list enemy. Life at home isn't much better as Reagan struggles to deal with her grandmother, who suffers... (more)

The Revenge of the Cheerleaders

by Janette Rallison

Chelsea’s school year has taken a turn for the worse. After being dumped by her boyfriend and humiliated at the pep assembly by her younger sister’s boyfriend, Rick, she’s just concentrating on avoiding any other major embarrassments. That’s when Rick and his band debut their new album, complete with a whole set of songs bashing cheerleaders. Chelsea’s humiliation has reached a whole new level now that... (more)

Cheer!: Three Teams on a Quest for College Cheerleading's Ultimate Prize

Cheer!: Three Teams on a Quest for College Cheerleading's Ultimate Prize

by Kate Torgovnick

Think cheerleading is just pom-poms, "gimme an 'R,'" and pleated skirts? Not anymore. Take an exhilarating trip through the rough-and-tumble world of competitive college cheerleading.... College cheerleaders are extreme athletes who fly thirty feet in the air, build pyramids in which a single slip can send ten people crashing to the ground, and compete in National Championships that are won by hundredths of a... (more)

The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading

by Charity Tahmaseb, Darcy Vance

When Bethany -- self-proclaimed geek girl -- makes the varsity cheerleading squad, she realizes that there's one thing worse than blending in with the lockers: getting noticed. She always felt comfortable as part of the nerd herd, but being a member of the most scrutinized group in her school is weighing her down like a ton of textbooks. Even her Varsity Cheerleading Guide can't answer the really tough questions,... (more)

Cheer All-Stars: Best of the Best (Snap)

Cheer All-Stars: Best of the Best (Snap)

by Jen Jones

Provides an in-depth look at all-star cheer squads and describes their activities, opportunities, skills, and demands.

Cheer Professionals: Cheer as a Career (Snap)

Cheer Professionals: Cheer as a Career (Snap)

by Jen Jones

Provides an in-depth look at cheer professionals, describes their activities, opportunities, skills, and demands, and profiles top pro squads.

Cheer Competitions: Impressing the Judges (Snap)

Cheer Competitions: Impressing the Judges (Snap)

by Jen Jones

Provides an in-depth look at the preparation for, involvement in, and judging of cheerleading competitions.

Cheers, Chants, and Signs: Getting the Crowd Going (Snap)

Cheers, Chants, and Signs: Getting the Crowd Going (Snap)

by Jen Jones

Reveals how to make, practice, and execute cheers, chants, and signs and provides many examples of each.

Three Cheers For Keisha (Magic Attic Club)

Three Cheers For Keisha (Magic Attic Club)

by Teresa Reed

Finding herself at a cheerleading camp is a dream come true for Keisha--and then she gets named squad leader! Her adventures at the camp prepare her for the cheerleading tryouts at home.

Crazy for Cartwheels (Cheer Squad , No1)

Crazy for Cartwheels (Cheer Squad , No1)

by Linda Joy Singleton

Disappointed when they are not chosen for the Castle Hill cheerleading squad, friends Wendi, Tabby, Krystal, and Anna form their own squad and are invited to cheer for the school's losing basketball team.

Cheerleading: from Tryouts to Championships

Cheerleading: from Tryouts to Championships

by Editors of Inside Cheerleading

Cheerleading has come a long way since its beginnings at a Minnesota football game in 1888. Then, all you had to do was stand and yell; today, cheerleading is one of the nation’s most popular pastimes (over 80 percent of US high schools have cheerleading squads), a challenging physical activity whose participants train at different levels on teams and camps year-round, and a competitive sport covered by ESPN. ... (more)

Stacey and the Cheerleaders (Baby-Sitters Club, 70)

The Baby-sitters Club: Book 70

Stacey and the Cheerleaders (Baby-Sitters Club, 70)

by Ann M. Martin

Stacey starts dating a jock basketball player and falls in with a super-cool crowd, including the cheerleaders who ask her to try out for the squad.

The soroity eve

by Tamara Thorne

At exclusive, isolated Greenbriar University, within the elite Gamma Eta Pi sorority, is a secret society known as the Fata Morgana. Its members are the most powerful women on campus—and the deadliest. For this is a sisterhood of evil, a centuries-old coven, and every girl who pledges herself to their wicked decadence does so for life…or death… An Initiation Into Terror Eve has no idea why she's... (more)

The Official Cheerleader's Handbook

by Randy Neil

Cheerleading has undergone dramatic changes in the past decade. For the first time, those who have traditionally cheered on and supported athletes are themselves being considered athletes. Performing increasingly rigorous stunts, cheerleaders must now meet higher qualifications and follow stricter safety precautions. With more than 700 all-new photographs, this handbook offers the latest information and... (more)

A Family Apart (Orphan Train Adventures)

A Family Apart (Orphan Train Adventures)

by Joan Lowery Nixon

When their mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent by the Children's Aid Society of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri in 1860.

Chants, Cheers, and Jumps (Let's Go Team Series: Cheer, Dance, March)

Chants, Cheers, and Jumps (Let's Go Team Series: Cheer, Dance, March)

by Craig Peters

'Gimme a W!' 'Gimme an I!' 'Gimme an N!' 'What's that spell??' You'll have all the tools you need to be a winning cheerleader when you read this book, a lively exploration of the purest tools any cheerleader uses: chants, cheers, and jumps. Go back to the very beginning of cheer leading and learn the very first official cheer. Discover the difference between chants and cheers, and see many examples of both. Learn... (more)

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by Kieran Scott

by Mimi McCoy

by Janette Rallison

by Sarah Dessen

by Melody Carlson

by Janette Rallison

by Kate Torgovnick

by Charity Tahmaseb, Darcy Vance

by Jen Jones

by Jen Jones

by Jen Jones

by Jen Jones

by Teresa Reed

by Linda Joy Singleton

by Editors of Inside Cheerleading

by Ann M. Martin

by Tamara Thorne

by Randy Neil

by Joan Lowery Nixon

by Craig Peters