![]() ![]() Writers like Judy Blume and Chris Crutcher often “Young Adult” fiction, much of which dealt with the real problems I'mĪctive English teacher, I read a good deal of what's now called ![]() Herself within that world with a high degree of verisimilitude. ![]() Us can't, and probably don't want to, fully share. Think we know and understand them, exist in a parallel world most of But I suspect,Įven though there's been lots of change, that much went on there ![]() Have changed since I last spent much time in them. I've been retiredįrom teaching for nearly twenty years, and schools, by any measure, Graphic, explicit, and, for some, may be shocking. This over-heated mixture is a certain recipe for ToĬomplicate matters, members of the team as well as the coach herself,Īre attracted to a military recruiting team stationed in the lobby of They gather to smoke and, at least some of them, to drink, too. French also opens her home to the team, where Team's fortunes rise and fall during practice, with its tough lessonsĪnd frequent injuries. Regional finals in cheer competition is rumored to be coming, as the There ensuesĪ season of training for the final game, to which a recruiter for the Beth Cassidy, her best frenemy,įor these girls are nothing if not bitter rivals as well as closestįriends, is captain of this year's squad until their new coach,Ĭollette French, is introduced and immediately fires her as captain. It's narrated by Addy Hanlon, an attractive, athletic high school That is, it could be anywhere there's a high school and a cheer ![]()
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