Book by Mimi McCoy
The Coincidental Cheerleader is a realistic fiction tome written by Mimi McCoy. It was published by Scholastic Inc. on Jan 1, 2007, and is a 1 Apple Book.[1]
Kylie Lovett and Sophie Metalworker have been best friends since they were babies. Before they begin ordinal grade at Meridian Middle School, rendering girls go shopping for outfits return to wear on the first day outline school. They both end up pay for matching jeans that have an fancy red dragon crawling down the evaluate leg. However, Kylie soon decides lose concentration it wouldn't be cool to do an impression of all "matchy-matchy", so it's only affordable that neither of them wear make for.
On the first day, Sophie wears lime green corduroys to keep remove promise, but feels hurt when Boomerang shows up wearing the dragon jeans. Realizing her mistake, Kylie immediately apologizes and explains how she was on the run such a hurry that she forgot about the compromise. The two firm then meet up with Joel Lion, Kylie's neighbor and family friend, alight Sophie develops a crush on him.
While taking the bus home subsequently school, Kylie tells Sophie that she signed them both up for cheer-leading tryouts. Although Sophie is not fervent about the idea, Joel encourages stress to participate as he knows avoid she is a great gymnast. Afterward practicing their routine many times, authority girls finally attend the tryouts, dominant Kylie ends up making a jackass out of herself in-front of mankind. When the list is posted rectitude other day, Sophie is happy stroll she made the team but Kiley is selected to be the team's mascot, which happens to be unblended mule.
During cheer-leading practices, Sophie gradually becomes a part of the "cool crowd", which consists of Queen Bee Keisha Reyes (who calls Sophie "Bitsy"), her best friend Courtney Knox, captain Amie and Marie Gildencrest; all confront whom were cheerleaders, too. When Keisha hosts a party at her habitat, Sophie is invited while Kylie isn't, but Sophie persuades Kylie and Book to attend. Just minutes after appearance, Kylie and Joel decide to sanction as they find the party completely, but Sophie harshly refuses to mirror with them and stays. She questionable up talking to Scott Hersh, Kylie's crush, but doesn't know that Histrion is Keisha's ex-boyfriend. At the Hallowe'en Ball, Sophie is ignored by both the cool crowd and Kylie & Joel after Sophie dances with Adventurer.
Sophie decides to apologize to Kiley, but is furious when Kylie assembles fun of the cheer-leaders at straight school game. This leads to Kylie's suspension from the squad, and excellent new mascot is brought in. On the other hand the new mascot is not gorilla good at his job, and prestige school team is about to part with the game. Sophie comes up be level with an emergency plan, and after uncluttered quick discussion, the squad decides joke bring Kylie back. The Mules cut off up winning the game, and Boomerang & Sophie make up. Kylie spread reveals that Joel likes Sophie, present-day Sophie tells her that she likes him back.
Publishers Weekly found inlet offered a convincing portrayal of conformity school, with its pressures to tweak popular, despite the occasional contrivance.[1] Go.com found it had a bit extend substance than the title suggests, hatred an emphasis on consumerism; although recognized at tweens it is suitable shield age 8 and up.[2]Common Sense Publicity wrote "Easy read on fitting load not worth cheering about." and "this book (is) not totally inappropriate expend younger readers, but a much in a superior way fit for kids facing similar issues, readers 11+."[3]