Maddox, Jake
Summary: Tam is new to the cheer squad, and from the first day of practice Maren, the squad captain, seems determined to make her look unprepared and incompetent--but with the backing of a new friend she finally finds the courage to stand up to the bullying.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADDadey, Debbie
Summary: When Echo injures her tail, she can't compete in the Poseidon Tail Flippers team competition. Will Echo find a way to help her team win from the sidelines?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE DADMaddox, Jake
Summary: Middle school student Brielle has been doing gymnastics with her best friend Naomi for years, but this year she also wants to join the competitive cheerleading team, and that means she will be spending most of her "free" time practicing while still keeping up with her schoolwork; but soon the stress starts getting to her and Brielle realizes she will have to make a choice--disappoint her new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2019
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Summary: Leah practices gymnastics all the time and she would like to join the cheer squad, but she is also deaf and she struggles with the count of the routine in practice--but another girl, Monica, who can sign a little, offers to help her with the routine and together the girls come up with a plan so the team can nail the routine during competition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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Summary: Worried about embarrassing herself at cheerleading tryouts, Alex convinces her twin sister Ava to take her place for the tryouts, never expecting Ava to show a real talent for the sport.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2014
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC PAYPeschke, M. (Marci)
Summary: Kylie Jean Carter has been waiting for three years to become a Little Dazzler--a junior cheerleader for the high school's Dancing Dazzlers--so she can cheer for her brother's high school football team.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED PESCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PESSummary: Cheri's peppy, energetic style always made her characters on SNL hilarious to watch. From physical comedy as Ariana the cheerleader, to impressions of Barbara Walters and Judge Judy, to wacky Rita, she made audiences laugh till they cried.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SATSoontornvat, Christina
Summary: As one of the only Asian Americans in her school, Christina confronts both well-meaning ignorance and cruel racism, but in middle school fitting in is important, which is why she and her best friend Megan are both excited and nervous to try out for the popular cheerleading squad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SOOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC SOOAdler, Dahlia
Summary: Amber McCloud's dream is to become cheer captain at the end of the year, but it's an extra-tall order to be joyful and spirited when the quarterback of your team has been killed in a car accident. For both the team and the squad, watching Robbie get replaced by newcomer Jack Walsh is brutal. And when it turns out Jack is actually short for Jaclyn, all hell breaks loose. The players refuse to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ADLAdler, Dahlia
Summary: "Home Field Advantage has it all. A swoony romance, characters you will be cheering for from start to finish, and a plot that sucks you in from the very first page. An instant favorite, perfectly capturing the power in being true to yourself and fighting for what is right." - Rachael Lippincott, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Feet Apart and She Gets the Girl Amber McClouds dream...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ADLFarina, Christine.
Summary: Looks at the history of cheerleading, discusses the cheerleading lifestyle, and provides step-by-step instruction on the technical aspects and training for and executing the essential routines and moves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MVP Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.4 FarinaMaddox, Jake.
Summary: Colleen is devastated when her best friend changes schools--but when she learns that Meredith is teaching her new cheerleading squad the routine they created together for an upcoming competition their friendship is tested.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADTroupe, Thomas Kingsley
Summary: "Grab your pom-poms and a megaphone! We're about to learn why cheerleading ranks among the...TOP HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing 2022
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Summary: "Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her senior year of high school who's under pressure to join the cheerleader squad to make friends and round out her college applications. Her former friend BeBe is a people-pleaser, a trans girl who must keepher parents happy with her grades and social life to keep their support of her transition. Through the rigors of squad training and amped up...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA GRAPHIC FRAShappley, Kai
Summary: Joy, a twelve-year-old trans girl, just moved to Texas with her mother and older brother. Her family has accepted Joy as the girl she is early in her transition, with little fuss, leaving Joy to explore her love of sports, competition, teamwork, school spirit, and worship. But when she is told she's off the cheerleading team, Joy wants to fight for her right to cheer. As her battle with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SHAYomtov, Nelson
Summary: Though it began as a way to cheer on players of other sports, cheerleading has grown to become a popular competition in its own right. Readers will find out how cheerleaders train to develop difficult routines and compete against each other. They will also how to perfect their own cheerleading abilities and find out what to expect when trying out for a cheerleading squad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J791.64 YOMSchrier, Allyson Valentine.
Summary: When varsity cheerleader Nora falls for brilliant new student Adam, she struggles to maintain her popularity while proving to Adam that she is actually a genius in disguise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION VALHerbach, Geoff.
Summary: When the high school cheerleading team takes over a soda vending machine's funds, which were previously collected by the pep band, Gabe Johnson, an overweight "band geek" tired of being called names and looked down on, declares war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HERKubo, Mitsurou
Summary: Kinichiro Imamura is trying to get high school right the second time around. So far, he's managed to reunite the old members of his school's ouendan cheer squad, saving the club from the brink of destruction, but his time-traveling troubles are far from over. With the newly-revived ouendan tasked to cheer at their school's next baseball game, they'll have to cheer harder than ever if they want...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 AGAKubo, Mitsurou
Summary: Kinichiro isn't even that bad. It's just that on the first day of high school, his narrow eyes made him look shifty, so people assumed he was trouble. Now it's graduation, and he's looking back on three years with no friends. He never even joined a club. But after a bloody collision and an accidental fall, he wakes up a high school freshman, with the chance to try it all over... AGAIN!!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 AGAWinston, Sherri
Summary: "Working on an assignment for her journalism class, Brianna Justice learns about coding, and the difference between herself and a group of inner city girls"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WINJones, Kimberly (Kimberly Latrice)
Summary: Told from alternating points of view, Chanel and Eleanor's rocky start to senior year gets more complex when the cheerleading team kneels for the national anthem and each girl grapples with the consequences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JONKubo, Mitsurou
Summary: "Hanataka might be a death-obsessed wallflower, but Kinichiro has seen her future as a swimsuit model sex icon. He's determined to help her fulfill her celebrity destiny, so the ouendan's goal becomes nothing less than turning Hanataka's drama club debut into a smash hit. Kinichiro's penning the script for a musical suited to her depressive tendencies, but when video from their rehearsal goes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 AGASummary: The Toro cheerleading squad has spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship torphy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain, Torrance, the Toros' road to cheer glory stumbles when she discovers their perfectly choreographed routines were stolen from a hot hip-hop squad across town. Now the squad must scramble to find a new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2000