Cheer!
Subtitle: three teams on a quest for college cheerleading's ultimate prize
By: Kate Torgovnick.
Edition: 1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
Series: A touchstone book
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9781416535966; 9781416535973
Subjects: Cheerleading -- United States
Description: Think cheerleading is just pom-poms, "gimme an 'R,'" and pleated skirts? Not any more. College cheerleaders are extreme athletes who fly thirty feet in the air, build pyramids in which a single slip can send ten people crashing to the ground, and compete in National Championships that are won by hundredths of a point. These are people who risk horrifying injuries on a daily basis, battle demons like eating disorders and steroid use, and form intense bonds, and this book is a year-long odyssey into their universe, following three squads from tryouts to Nationals.--From publisher description.
Notes: "A Touchstone book."
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1: Tryouts. The Yale of college cheerleading, the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks ; Both teams in Bring It On rolled into one, the Southern University Jaguars ; The superwomen, the University of Memphis All-Girl Tigers; title: Pt. 2: Spirit camps. "Have a hell of a good time ; "When a coach leaves, a program either drops off, or goes to a whole new level" ; "Coach will go crazy if we win that award"; title: Pt. 3: Football season. "Hey, mom, I'm on ESPN" ; "That was the most fun I've ever had at a game" ; "I was addicted to the attention, not the cocaine" ; "I know we cheered our hearts out, 'cause my voice is hoarse' "; title: Pt. 4: Bid videos. "They need a little cussing out sometimes, bless their hearts" ; "Pretend like it's Nationals every time" ; "Agendas are pulling them in different directions"; title: Pt. 5: Nationals. "Practices have been scary lately" ; "He can do rewinds with a horse" ; "I'm shit-my-pants nervous" ; "It's like race car driving; title: there's always a chance something could go wrong" ; "That dream slowly melted away" ; "That pyramid should be called the Wall of Death"; title: The cheerleader's dictionary.