Maddox, Jake. Cheer Captain

Maddox, Jake.   Cheer Captain         

Stone Arch see Capstone      2011   64p     18.04  978-1-43422-551-1

elem    Realistic Fiction          Jake Maddox:Girls Sports Stories(Stone Arch)      VG

            ╥Julia is nervous about starting a new school, even though her best friend

Ava has offered to help her practice for cheerleading tryouts, but when Julia

learns they both want to become captain, she fears their friendship will not

survive the competition.╙    In this title, Julia and her family have moved

across town to River City East and she will begin a new middle school.  Luckily

for Julia, her best friend Ava also attends and was on the cheerleading squad

for the past two years.  In her old school, Julia had been the captain of her

cheerleading squad and now she along with the other girls must try out for the

team again this year.  Since the two girls are best friends, Ava loaned Julia a

uniform and together they practiced all their moves for the upcoming tryout. 

When cheerleading tryouts occurred, Ava╒s routine did not go as well as planned. 

Upset with her routine, she left the tryout.  Julia╒s tryout went very well and

when the list came out with cheerleading squad members, both girls made the team,

and Julia was selected as the team╒s captain.  Even though Ava did not say she

was upset with the decision, her actions proved otherwise.  Ava╒s behavior and

actions reflected her disappointment and jealousy.  With the way Ava treated

Julia, Julia decided to quit the cheerleading squad, since her friendship with

Ava meant more to her than the team.  Ava, along with her teammates soon

realized that they needed Julia as their captain and Ava and Julia made up and

the team was able to enter the cheerleading competition.  With the team╒s

practice and commitment, they placed first in their competition.

Includes black-and-white illustrations, information about the author and

illustrator, a glossary of terms, three discussion questions and writing prompts,

and basic cheerleading terminology.          Series includes 74 sports stories with

the emphasis on speed, skill, and fair play. The young athletes in these books

face obstacles not just on the gridiron, the court, the ice, or the half pipe,

but meet mental and social challenges as well.  Forba-Mayer, Charleen