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The Rah Rah Girl
When Marcie announces that she wants to be a cheerleader, her family disapproves.
- GenresYoung Adult
187 pages, Paperback
First published May 15, 1987
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About the author
Caroline B. Cooney
129 books1,776 followersCaroline Cooney knew in sixth grade that she wanted to be a writer when "the best teacher I ever had in my life" made writing her main focus. "He used to rip off covers from The New Yorker and pass them around and make us write a short story on whichever cover we got. I started writing then and never stopped!"
When her children were young, Caroline started writing books for young people -- with remarkable results. She began to sell stories to Seventeen magazine and soon after began writing books. Suspense novels are her favorites to read and write. "In a suspense novel, you can count on action."
To keep her stories realistic, Caroline visits many schools outside of her area, learning more about teenagers all the time. She often organizes what she calls a "plotting game," in which students work together to create plots for stories. Caroline lives in Westbrook, Connecticut and when she's not writing she volunteers at a hospital, plays piano for the school musicals and daydreams!
- Scholastic.com
When her children were young, Caroline started writing books for young people -- with remarkable results. She began to sell stories to Seventeen magazine and soon after began writing books. Suspense novels are her favorites to read and write. "In a suspense novel, you can count on action."
To keep her stories realistic, Caroline visits many schools outside of her area, learning more about teenagers all the time. She often organizes what she calls a "plotting game," in which students work together to create plots for stories. Caroline lives in Westbrook, Connecticut and when she's not writing she volunteers at a hospital, plays piano for the school musicals and daydreams!
- Scholastic.com
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September 13, 2022
A sweet early Caroline B. Cooney.
Not as cheerleading-centric as the cover suggest. The book mainly deals with Marcy and how she fits into her overachieving family.
It's interesting because Cooney has written quite a few cheerleader-themed books: this, the first entry in the Cheerleaders series, and the spooky Cheerleader horror novels.
Not as cheerleading-centric as the cover suggest. The book mainly deals with Marcy and how she fits into her overachieving family.
It's interesting because Cooney has written quite a few cheerleader-themed books: this, the first entry in the Cheerleaders series, and the spooky Cheerleader horror novels.
September 15, 2021
3 1/2***
January 4, 2018
I have a sense of nostalgia when it comes to Caroline B. Cooney, and I wanted to like this. The mother in the story is even the mayor!
I can understand the urge to do nothing in the face of overachieving older siblings. I can understand wanting to do something everyone disapproves of just because they do. But it just wasn't good. Maybe I would have liked it at age twelve, but the repetition of the "I hate them and they hate me" was too much. Ah well. I still like Caroline B. Cooney.
I can understand the urge to do nothing in the face of overachieving older siblings. I can understand wanting to do something everyone disapproves of just because they do. But it just wasn't good. Maybe I would have liked it at age twelve, but the repetition of the "I hate them and they hate me" was too much. Ah well. I still like Caroline B. Cooney.
November 30, 2007
Jesus christ, I'm surprised I became a feminist after reading this book.
July 30, 2016
Re-read April 2002.
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