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Addy Hanlon has always been Beth Cassidy's best friend and trusted lieutenant. Beth calls the shots and Addy carries them out, a long-established order of things that has brought them to the pinnacle of their high-school careers. Now they're seniors who rule the intensely competitive cheer squad, feared and followed by the other girls -- until the young new coach arrives.
Cool and commanding, an emissary from the adult world just beyond their reach, Coach Colette French draws Addy and the other cheerleaders into her life. Only Beth, unsettled by the new regime, remains outside Coach's golden circle, waging a subtle but vicious campaign to regain her position as "top girl" -- both with the team and with Addy herself.
Then a suicide focuses a police investigation on Coach and her squad. After the first wave of shock and grief, Addy tries to uncover the truth behind the death -- and learns that the boundary between loyalty and love can be dangerous terrain.
The raw passions of girlhood are brought to life in this taut, unflinching exploration of friendship, ambition, and power. Award-winning novelist Megan Abbott, writing with what Tom Perrotta has hailed as "total authority and an almost desperate intensity," provides a harrowing glimpse into the dark heart of the all-American girl.
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Since Netflix cancelled the show a few years ago, I still wanted to know how the series would end so I bought the book. The book is mainly about two cheerleaders, Abby and Beth, and their relationship. Beth is captain of the team, while Abby is her lieutenant. The team is getting a new and young coach, Colette, and Beth doesn't like it since she isn't the star anymore. And while the team and Colette become very close, Beth is removing herself more and more from the squad. The plot thickens when a homicide happens and Abby is trying to find out who it was because she doesn't believe it's suicide. During her digging she finds out a lot of secrets to the point where she doesn't know who to trust anymore. - - - - - - The book is a standalone and a nice read. But it uses a lot of slang terms! It's a classy YA mystery book and it comes with the struggles of adolescence and growing up.
Description
Addy Hanlon has always been Beth Cassidy's best friend and trusted lieutenant. Beth calls the shots and Addy carries them out, a long-established order of things that has brought them to the pinnacle of their high-school careers. Now they're seniors who rule the intensely competitive cheer squad, feared and followed by the other girls -- until the young new coach arrives.
Cool and commanding, an emissary from the adult world just beyond their reach, Coach Colette French draws Addy and the other cheerleaders into her life. Only Beth, unsettled by the new regime, remains outside Coach's golden circle, waging a subtle but vicious campaign to regain her position as "top girl" -- both with the team and with Addy herself.
Then a suicide focuses a police investigation on Coach and her squad. After the first wave of shock and grief, Addy tries to uncover the truth behind the death -- and learns that the boundary between loyalty and love can be dangerous terrain.
The raw passions of girlhood are brought to life in this taut, unflinching exploration of friendship, ambition, and power. Award-winning novelist Megan Abbott, writing with what Tom Perrotta has hailed as "total authority and an almost desperate intensity," provides a harrowing glimpse into the dark heart of the all-American girl.
Book Information
Posts
Since Netflix cancelled the show a few years ago, I still wanted to know how the series would end so I bought the book. The book is mainly about two cheerleaders, Abby and Beth, and their relationship. Beth is captain of the team, while Abby is her lieutenant. The team is getting a new and young coach, Colette, and Beth doesn't like it since she isn't the star anymore. And while the team and Colette become very close, Beth is removing herself more and more from the squad. The plot thickens when a homicide happens and Abby is trying to find out who it was because she doesn't believe it's suicide. During her digging she finds out a lot of secrets to the point where she doesn't know who to trust anymore. - - - - - - The book is a standalone and a nice read. But it uses a lot of slang terms! It's a classy YA mystery book and it comes with the struggles of adolescence and growing up.