Squad Goals (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316427142)

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Camp is in session in this cheer-tastic middle-grade novel about making new friends, finding your place, and learning to embrace your inner Magic.

Magic Olive Poindexter has big shoes to fill. Her mother was a professional cheerleader, her father is a retired NBA legend, her big sister is the new face of the oh-so-glamorous Laker Girls, and her grandmother was the first black cheerleader ever on Valentine Middle School's HoneyBee cheer squad. Magic wants nothing more than to follow in their footsteps. But first, she has to survive Planet Pom Poms, the summer cheer camp where she'll audition for a spot on the HoneyBee squad. But with zero athletic ability and a group of mean girls who have her number, Tragic Magic is a long way from becoming the toe-touching cheerleader heroine she dreams of being.

Things start to look up when her best friend Cappie joins her at camp--until Cappie gets bitten by the popularity bug, that is. To make matters worse, Magic's crushing hard on football star Dallas Chase. Luckily, Magic's not alone: with the help of a new crew of fabulous fellow misfits and her Grammy Mae's vintage pom poms by her side, Tragic Magic might just survive--and even thrive--at cheer camp.

Author: Erika J. Kendrick
ISBN-10: 0316427144
ISBN-13: 9780316427142
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 04/06/2021
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.20w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 522022 / Squad Goals


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 03/01/2021 pg. 94