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Fear Street Seniors #7
Fight, Team, Fight
Phoebe Yamura wants to win the state cheerleading competition. But certain members of her squad have a different contest in mind-- a contest to get rid of Phoebe forever!
155 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1998
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R.L. Stine
1,739 books18.9k followersRobert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.
R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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February 19, 2024
So the last two Fear Street Seinors books were pretty bad.Can we possibly have three in a row that were bad ? The answer is sadly yes.This book is called Fight Team Fight.And I honestly think it could've been skipped.I was really looking forward to Sweetheart Evil Heart because it's a Valentine book I'm assuming.Anyway this book is essentially about our Fear Street cheerleader captain Phoebe Yamura who is dating Ty Sullivan.There at cheerleading practice when one of the girls accidentally falls and they blame it on Phoebe.Dana and Jade mostly give Phoebe a hard time because they want her position.Jade and Dana constantly show there distain for Phoebe by putting bugs down her shirt and taking her test paper and swapping it by putting their name on it.But slowly the pranks begin to get worse right after Phoebe meets a girl named Gina who is dying to become part of the team.But Phoebe says its the middle of the year and she cant be on the team because its to late But if one of the teammates leaves she's in, so she's put on equipment manager duty.And things begin to get bad quick.She finds a doll in her locker with a hook through it with blood on it, which I thought was actually kinda cool.We get pom poms full of ants.and a very hot torch.This mostly takes up about 70 percent of the book.We do get random kidnappers around the one hundred page mark though, but I had a feeling where it was going and I was mostly right.After this we get the climax which is actually really good to.We even get a meat hook kill.But its very brief.Nevertheless The climax reminded me of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.So I have to give it a little bonus points.And by bonus points I mean one point.This book again was really not super interesting, very slow.And the reveal was a little surprising ,But mostly because it didn't make a ton of sense.I give Fight Team Fight! a two out of five stars.
January 2, 2023
The best way to start the new year summed up in two words:
Shadyside Cheerleaders.
I never get tired of reading about them.
These cheerleaders aren't dealing with an evil spirit but the cutthroat world of cheerleading brought up to 11 is just as good. There are nice cheerleaders and there are some real pieces of work but I could never be that athletic and some girls work really hard.
Phoebe Yamura is one of the nice ones who works really hard. Her parents let her cheer as long as it doesn't interfere with her studies but they are strict about other things too...like dating boys.
Cheerleading coach Ms. Bell appointed Phoebe as head cheerleader so she has her work cut out for her team to make them the best and get them to the State Championship.
It's been a tough a year with two cheerleaders having been murdered in very strange ways. Phoebe can't help but finding herself falling for Ty Sullivan, football player and former boyfriend of one of the dead cheerleaders. She feels bad about it but Phoebe's problems are just about to be more serious than her love life...especially when it concerns her cheerleading.
They have a new girl on the squad, Samantha, and try to get her use to doing the cheers. It's a little hard when Dana Palmer and Jade Feldman are being the other kind of cheerleaders...the ones with their Spankies in a twist.
Jade believes she's a better cheerleader than Phoebe and Dana just follows her lead thinking that Jade should be captain instead of Phoebe.
New girl at school Gina Quinlan wants to be on the squad her senior year but she's too late for trying out so she appeals to Phoebe. Phoebe says she'll talk to Ms. Bell about it and that just happens to occur right before Phoebe finds her cheerleading uniform shredded to pieces in her gym locker.
Phoebe believes it is just Jade being her normal jerky self. She was told by Ms. Bell that if she can't get her grades up in Chemistry then she if off the team so Jade is extra salty. Phoebe silently hopes that Jade won't pass and then Gina can be on the squad and perhaps Dana could be nicer without the toxic influence of Jade's sour grapes.
The next Chemistry test, Phoebe watches Jade struggle with the problems even though she dates straight-A student Kenny Klein. They pass in their tests and soon Phoebe learns she got a C- while Jade got an A.
How?
Jade put her name on Phoebe's test and vice versa...the teacher handed them back their papers and Phoebe could see all of the smudges from Jade's constantly erased answers.
Phoebe's ready to go talk to their teacher, Mr. Craig, but is confronted by all the other cheerleaders who don't want her snitching. They know he'll let Phoebe take a make-up test but Jade will get booted off the squad and they need her triple flip to win or whatever it is.
Phoebe can't believe her whole team would make her take the fall for not studying but she agrees so their isn't a complete cheer mutiny. So there goes Gina's chance to be on the squad but Ms. Bell was impressed enough to make her an alternate and equipment manager for the team.
Gina is less than thrilled and not very happy with Phoebe about it more than their coach just because Phoebe is the captain.
Poor Phoebe, that's just the beginning...
Ants in her pom-poms, a doll hanging from her locker covered in rank, foul smelling blood. Late night calls with the taunting cheers of her squad played back creepily and then a mishap with a fire baton.
Who's behind all of this terror?
Jade and Dana or could it be Gina?
Two, four, six, eight - Phoebe better find out before it's too late!
When we get to the third act and finally get the reveal of who is behind this it was actually pretty good. Someone you didn't expect mixed with a twist and a good motive. Now that doesn't mean you should be all psycho about it but I don't really think anyone in Shadyside can help it really...
We get another death of a senior to stamp out of the yearbook and I'm torn about whether I should feel sad about it. It's different if you get a character introduced just to make them fodder but one we have come to know and had such a different side presented of them that wasn't very pretty...I'm meant to feel bad right?
That's probably one reason I couldn't give it exactly five stars. The ending is bittersweet in that it seems so hopeful but when you know exactly what is to come...it's downright depressing.
This is a good entry in the Seniors series but you know you can't go wrong with cheerleaders and horror so I highly recommend Fight, Team, Fight if you can get your hands on it.
Shadyside Cheerleaders.
I never get tired of reading about them.
These cheerleaders aren't dealing with an evil spirit but the cutthroat world of cheerleading brought up to 11 is just as good. There are nice cheerleaders and there are some real pieces of work but I could never be that athletic and some girls work really hard.
Phoebe Yamura is one of the nice ones who works really hard. Her parents let her cheer as long as it doesn't interfere with her studies but they are strict about other things too...like dating boys.
Cheerleading coach Ms. Bell appointed Phoebe as head cheerleader so she has her work cut out for her team to make them the best and get them to the State Championship.
It's been a tough a year with two cheerleaders having been murdered in very strange ways. Phoebe can't help but finding herself falling for Ty Sullivan, football player and former boyfriend of one of the dead cheerleaders. She feels bad about it but Phoebe's problems are just about to be more serious than her love life...especially when it concerns her cheerleading.
They have a new girl on the squad, Samantha, and try to get her use to doing the cheers. It's a little hard when Dana Palmer and Jade Feldman are being the other kind of cheerleaders...the ones with their Spankies in a twist.
Jade believes she's a better cheerleader than Phoebe and Dana just follows her lead thinking that Jade should be captain instead of Phoebe.
New girl at school Gina Quinlan wants to be on the squad her senior year but she's too late for trying out so she appeals to Phoebe. Phoebe says she'll talk to Ms. Bell about it and that just happens to occur right before Phoebe finds her cheerleading uniform shredded to pieces in her gym locker.
Phoebe believes it is just Jade being her normal jerky self. She was told by Ms. Bell that if she can't get her grades up in Chemistry then she if off the team so Jade is extra salty. Phoebe silently hopes that Jade won't pass and then Gina can be on the squad and perhaps Dana could be nicer without the toxic influence of Jade's sour grapes.
The next Chemistry test, Phoebe watches Jade struggle with the problems even though she dates straight-A student Kenny Klein. They pass in their tests and soon Phoebe learns she got a C- while Jade got an A.
How?
Jade put her name on Phoebe's test and vice versa...the teacher handed them back their papers and Phoebe could see all of the smudges from Jade's constantly erased answers.
Phoebe's ready to go talk to their teacher, Mr. Craig, but is confronted by all the other cheerleaders who don't want her snitching. They know he'll let Phoebe take a make-up test but Jade will get booted off the squad and they need her triple flip to win or whatever it is.
Phoebe can't believe her whole team would make her take the fall for not studying but she agrees so their isn't a complete cheer mutiny. So there goes Gina's chance to be on the squad but Ms. Bell was impressed enough to make her an alternate and equipment manager for the team.
Gina is less than thrilled and not very happy with Phoebe about it more than their coach just because Phoebe is the captain.
Poor Phoebe, that's just the beginning...
Ants in her pom-poms, a doll hanging from her locker covered in rank, foul smelling blood. Late night calls with the taunting cheers of her squad played back creepily and then a mishap with a fire baton.
Who's behind all of this terror?
Jade and Dana or could it be Gina?
Two, four, six, eight - Phoebe better find out before it's too late!
When we get to the third act and finally get the reveal of who is behind this it was actually pretty good. Someone you didn't expect mixed with a twist and a good motive. Now that doesn't mean you should be all psycho about it but I don't really think anyone in Shadyside can help it really...
We get another death of a senior to stamp out of the yearbook and I'm torn about whether I should feel sad about it. It's different if you get a character introduced just to make them fodder but one we have come to know and had such a different side presented of them that wasn't very pretty...I'm meant to feel bad right?
That's probably one reason I couldn't give it exactly five stars. The ending is bittersweet in that it seems so hopeful but when you know exactly what is to come...it's downright depressing.
This is a good entry in the Seniors series but you know you can't go wrong with cheerleaders and horror so I highly recommend Fight, Team, Fight if you can get your hands on it.
June 25, 2024
First I want to say looking at the yearbook pictures and only three dead seniors in the first six books lame! I thought the senior class was supposed to be doomed!! On to book seven, which is a cheerleader book, and in the original series I loved the cheerleading books. Phoebe, captain of the squad who in spite of having super strict parents who don’t want her to do anything but school work is a pretty popular senior. She is dating Ty, the serial dater from the previous book, and her only real enemies seem to be fellow cheerleaders Jade and Dana. Led by Jade they basically make Phoebes life miserable all because Jade wants to be captain for the senior year. She stoops as low as to change her name on Phoebes test to stay on the squad, and the rest of the squad bully Phoebe into letting it happen. Rounding out the squad are other “seniors” who aren’t featured in the yearbook pages, Samantha, Caitlin, Joey, and newcomer Gina. Things start to go from bad to worse for Phoebe, her uniform is shredded, bloody dolls in her locker, fire ants in her pompoms and her fire baton being rigged to burn her. (Also was it common to have fire batons in high school cheerleading seems super dangerous imo) Someone wants Phoebe off the squad and all signs point to one of two people bitter Jade or newcomer and equipment manager Gina. Who can it be? The third act really comes out of left field and I will say the person I pegged as the bad guy was actually wrong, and I’m so good at guessing the bad guy lol. Idk the ending was kind of lame and *spoilers* this senior class is no more doomed than any other class in fear street history. People better start dropping like flies!! Ugh I will say I enjoyed this one more than others and am looking forward to finishing the series (:
October 1, 2019
The last bit of this book was some of Stine's best writing, surely creepy and chilling...but the lead up was dull and lackluster...and just silly. Phoebe takes the lead in this story of cheerleaders...however, there are no evil spirits in this one. Instead we have jealous teenage girls because Jade is a straight up bitch the whole time for no reason. Phoebe is being threatened, her uniform shredded and her baton literally lit on fire...but the faculty advisor never really does anything but warns the team to start acting like a team. You know, stop trying to kill your captain because you're jealous? The big reveal was stupid with a backstory that made no sense..."I'm getting revenge on you because my sister was tortured by other cheerleaders! You had nothing to do with her death, but cheerleaders need to pay!" The climax is intense and well done, too bad the rest of the book hadn't had the same pace and tone.
January 22, 2026
The seventh book in the Fear Street Seniors series focuses on cheerleader captain, Phoebe Yamura. Pressured by her parents to keep up the grade, and secretly dating Ty Sullivan, Phoebe truly feels the most happy when she is performing her cheers with the squad. But some don't like her, thinking she is not worth being the cheer captain, and wants her dead.
Fight, Team, Fight is very reminiscent of the original Fear Street Cheerleaders miniseries. There are plenty of cheer chants, routine and a lot of cheerleaders who are willing to do whatever it takes to be in the leadership role of the squad. One strong point is that the dialogue continues to feel more real here than in the older series, which felt stiff and flat for the most part, and generally, part of the formula in a typical Fear Street book. The cast do get nasty here, much like in the OG Cheerleaders books. However, Phoebe shows herself to be a much more real character in her struggles and identity when faced against opposition. I will say the actual death that happened in here at least feels more worth of the premise of the series, than how The Thirst did it. Things are better executed here, but I do wish that Stine had a little more with the climax as it felt to dull a bit after the first kill. Still, if you liked the original Fear Street Cheerleaders series, then Fight, Team, Fight will be a nice addition to read from Stine's work on murdering cheerleaders.
Fight, Team, Fight is very reminiscent of the original Fear Street Cheerleaders miniseries. There are plenty of cheer chants, routine and a lot of cheerleaders who are willing to do whatever it takes to be in the leadership role of the squad. One strong point is that the dialogue continues to feel more real here than in the older series, which felt stiff and flat for the most part, and generally, part of the formula in a typical Fear Street book. The cast do get nasty here, much like in the OG Cheerleaders books. However, Phoebe shows herself to be a much more real character in her struggles and identity when faced against opposition. I will say the actual death that happened in here at least feels more worth of the premise of the series, than how The Thirst did it. Things are better executed here, but I do wish that Stine had a little more with the climax as it felt to dull a bit after the first kill. Still, if you liked the original Fear Street Cheerleaders series, then Fight, Team, Fight will be a nice addition to read from Stine's work on murdering cheerleaders.
August 13, 2025
A diet version of the Cheerleaders trilogy from the original run of Fear Street, with a random as heck, out of left field final act that was just dumb. Some may get some enjoyment out of those last 40 or so pages for the dark and violent direction the story goes in, but I just felt annoyed the entire time.
This is one of, if not the weakest of the Seniors books for me.
2⭐
This is one of, if not the weakest of the Seniors books for me.
2⭐
July 18, 2021
Things don't tend to work out well for cheerleaders in Shadyside.
Fight, Team, Fight isn't quite as lackluster an entry in the Seniors series as Last Chance, if only because Phoebe Yamura is a better lead than Mary O'Connor was. But it prominently features one of the most aggravating Stine-isms: bullies who get away with incredulous feats of antagonism, often right under the noses of disbelieving adults.
The formula is pretty clear in this one: threatening prank, confrontation with red herring, threatening prank, and then the real villain is revealed. In retrospect I'm realizing that my two least favorite books so far are the ones without any hint of the supernatural. I guess I find threatening pranks more obnoxious than scary. If Stine had spent more of the book's 150 pages on character development and less on obvious misdirection, I would have liked it a lot more.
Fight, Team, Fight isn't quite as lackluster an entry in the Seniors series as Last Chance, if only because Phoebe Yamura is a better lead than Mary O'Connor was. But it prominently features one of the most aggravating Stine-isms: bullies who get away with incredulous feats of antagonism, often right under the noses of disbelieving adults.
The formula is pretty clear in this one: threatening prank, confrontation with red herring, threatening prank, and then the real villain is revealed. In retrospect I'm realizing that my two least favorite books so far are the ones without any hint of the supernatural. I guess I find threatening pranks more obnoxious than scary. If Stine had spent more of the book's 150 pages on character development and less on obvious misdirection, I would have liked it a lot more.
April 9, 2025
Full review at: https://www.jackreacts.com.au/fear-st...
Snippet: This was another good read, although how Phoebe was dealing with Jade and Dana was really frustrating so I’m taking off points for that. I enjoyed the kidnapping plot, and the meatpacking plant was an interesting, unsettling location that added to the terror...
Check out my full review linked up top for an in-depth recap :)
Snippet: This was another good read, although how Phoebe was dealing with Jade and Dana was really frustrating so I’m taking off points for that. I enjoyed the kidnapping plot, and the meatpacking plant was an interesting, unsettling location that added to the terror...
Check out my full review linked up top for an in-depth recap :)
September 2, 2025
I really wish Rl Stine would sprinkle some action scenes throughout his books instead of just building up to the final 10-15 pages. His writing is so formulaic and it kills me! He knows how to write well.
August 14, 2021
I definitely did not remember what happened to Jade, so that part was quite surprising.
September 7, 2024
Wow there are some mean as hell girls at shady side.
November 7, 2025
I really enjoyed this one, and there's even a pretty cool death. This felt more classic fear street.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 7, 2011
I was absolutely gripped by this novel in the series. Phoebe was awesome and I totally felt sorry for her cuz the others were seriously brutal...who would do all that just to be a cheerleader? I will say that things definitly took a major twist turn cuz the person I thought was going to die wasnt and another got killed!
March 27, 2013
Great story!!!
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