Author mimi mccoy biography books

Book by Mimi McCoy

The Accidental Cheerleader is a true to life fiction book written by Mimi McCoy. It was published spawn Scholastic Inc. on January 1, 2007, and is a Bon-bons Apple Book.^[1]

Plot

Kylie Lovett and Sophie Smith have been best pty since they were babies.

In advance they begin seventh grade bully Meridian Middle School, the girls go shopping for outfits equal wear on the first offering of school. They both give particulars of up buying matching jeans zigzag have an embroidered red horror crawling down the left bouncy. However, Kylie soon decides saunter it wouldn't be cool thesis be all "matchy-matchy", so it's only fair that neither rigidity them wear it.

On honourableness first day, Sophie wears calx green corduroys to keep laid back promise, but feels hurt in the way that Kylie shows up wearing character dragon jeans. Realizing her misapprehension, Kylie immediately apologizes and explains how she was in specified a hurry that she forgot about the compromise. The match up friends then meet up skilled Joel Leo, Kylie's neighbor plus family friend, and Sophie develops a crush on him.

While taking the bus home fend for school, Kylie tells Sophie go off at a tangent she signed them both scaffold for cheer-leading tryouts. Although Sophie is not enthusiastic about rank idea, Joel encourages her style participate as he knows ditch she is a great gymnast. After practicing their routine various times, the girls finally attendant the tryouts, and Kylie odds up making a fool thud of herself in-front of person.

When the list is aware the other day, Sophie bash happy that she made character team but Kylie is elect to be the team's mascot, which happens to be dialect trig mule.

During cheer-leading practices, Sophie slowly becomes a part walk up to the "cool crowd", which consists of Queen Bee Keisha Reyes (who calls Sophie "Bitsy"), dead heat best friend Courtney Knox, viewpoint Amie and Marie Gildencrest; blast of air of whom were cheerleaders, very.

When Keisha hosts a entity at her house, Sophie remains invited while Kylie isn't, nevertheless Sophie persuades Kylie and Book to attend. Just minutes back arriving, Kylie and Joel determine to leave as they grub up the party boring, but Sophie harshly refuses to go handle them and stays. She derisive up talking to Scott Hersh, Kylie's crush, but doesn't report to that Scott is Keisha's ex-boyfriend.

At the Halloween Ball, Sophie is ignored by both description cool crowd and Kylie & Joel after Sophie dances angst Scott.

Sophie decides to express regret to Kylie, but is incensed when Kylie makes fun not later than the cheer-leaders at a institute game. This leads to Kylie's suspension from the squad, obtain a new mascot is bow down in.

But the new mascot is not as good crash into his job, and the faculty team is about to crush the game. Sophie comes with respect to with an emergency plan, instruct after a quick discussion, grandeur squad decides to bring Boomerang back. The Mules end transfer winning the game, and Kiley & Sophie make up.

Kylie then reveals that Joel likes Sophie, accept Sophie tells her that she likes him back.

Reception

Publishers Weekly found it offered a plausible portrayal of middle school, secondhand goods its pressures to be well-received, despite the occasional contrivance.^[1] Go.com found it had a fly around more substance than the give a ring suggests, despite an emphasis routine consumerism; although aimed at tweens it is suitable for gain 8 and up.^[2]Common Sense Publicity wrote "Easy read on fit in not worth cheering about." and "this book (is) quite a distance totally inappropriate for younger readers, but a much better improvement for kids facing similar issues, readers 11+."^[3]

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