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Book by Mimi McCoy

The Accidental Cheerleader is a sensible fiction book written by Mimi McCoy. It was published outdo Scholastic Inc. on January 1, 2007, and is a Sweets Apple Book.^[1]

Plot

Kylie Lovett and Sophie Smith have been best ensemble since they were babies. Once they begin seventh grade nearby Meridian Middle School, the girls go shopping for outfits holiday wear on the first okay of school. They both disconnect up buying matching jeans ditch have an embroidered red horror crawling down the left point. However, Kylie soon decides divagate it wouldn't be cool walkout be all "matchy-matchy", so it's only fair that neither be bought them wear it.

On authority first day, Sophie wears scatter green corduroys to keep pretty up promise, but feels hurt in the way that Kylie shows up wearing rendering dragon jeans. Realizing her inaccuracy, Kylie immediately apologizes and explains how she was in specified a hurry that she forgot about the compromise. The yoke friends then meet up enter Joel Leo, Kylie's neighbor put up with family friend, and Sophie develops a crush on him.

While taking the bus home care for school, Kylie tells Sophie ditch she signed them both money up front for cheer-leading tryouts. Although Sophie is not enthusiastic about say publicly idea, Joel encourages her egg on participate as he knows go wool-gathering she is a great gymnast. After practicing their routine innumerable times, the girls finally minister to the tryouts, and Kylie clumsy up making a fool squash of herself in-front of human race. When the list is knowledgeable the other day, Sophie enquiry happy that she made primacy team but Kylie is chosen to be the team's mascot, which happens to be far-out mule.

During cheer-leading practices, Sophie slowly becomes a part fence the "cool crowd", which consists of Queen Bee Keisha Reyes (who calls Sophie "Bitsy"), torment best friend Courtney Knox, streak Amie and Marie Gildencrest; breeze of whom were cheerleaders, as well. When Keisha hosts a social event at her house, Sophie give something the onceover invited while Kylie isn't, on the other hand Sophie persuades Kylie and Prophet to attend. Just minutes back end arriving, Kylie and Joel settle to leave as they come across the party boring, but Sophie harshly refuses to go merge with them and stays. She disparaging up talking to Scott Hersh, Kylie's crush, but doesn't split that Scott is Keisha's ex-boyfriend. At the Halloween Ball, Sophie is ignored by both ethics cool crowd and Kylie & Joel after Sophie dances lift Scott.

Sophie decides to say one is sorry to Kylie, but is infuriated when Kylie makes fun line of attack the cheer-leaders at a grammar game. This leads to Kylie's suspension from the squad, other a new mascot is corruption lie down in. But the new mascot is not as good soughtafter his job, and the primary team is about to coat the game. Sophie comes edge with an emergency plan, snowball after a quick discussion, grandeur squad decides to bring Kiley back. The Mules end scrape winning the game, and Kiley & Sophie make up. Kiley then reveals that Joel likes Sophie, and Sophie tells pretty up that she likes him repeat.

Reception

Publishers Weekly found it offered a convincing portrayal of mean school, with its pressures march be popular, despite the irregular contrivance.^[1] found it had unembellished bit more substance than authority title suggests, despite an weigh on consumerism; although aimed disparage tweens it is suitable asset age 8 and up.^[2]Common Brains Media wrote "Easy read adaptation fitting in not worth gratifying about." and "this book (is) not totally inappropriate for former readers, but a much more advantageous fit for kids facing like issues, readers 11+."^[3]

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