The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading
by Charity Tahmaseb & Darcy Vance

    THE GEEK GIRL'S GUIDE TO CHEERLEADING by Charity Tahmaseb & Darcy Vance
    Category:  Contemporary
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 9+
    Release Date:  5/19/09
    Publisher:  Simon Pulse
    Reviewed by:  Jennifer Rummel
    Rating:  5 Stars


    Everyone knows there are hierarchies in high school, but what happens when you infiltrate one?

    Bethany and her BFF, Moni, decide to try out for the cheerleading squad -mostly as a joke. When they actually
    make it, they're stunned, but no more so than their friends and family.

    Cheerleading involves so many rules, but Bethany's questions aren’t answered in the massive rule book. What
    happens when your best guy friend is mad that you've turned cheerleader? Why does the most popular guy in school
    start talking to you? Does he actually like you? When will the rest of the cheerleaders treat you as one of them?

    Bethany and Moni are almost humiliated when they show up to cheer at a wrestling match and no one else for the
    team is there. Instead of giving up, the girls cheer through the match, though it's hard when you don't understand the
    rules of wrestling.

    But that match just might have gotten them noticed by two super-hot guys. Now they're both dating boys, but also
    trying to navigate through the waters of high school without being attacked by a shark.

    Charity Tahmaseb and Darcy Vance team up to create a world where geeks mix with the popular crowd.  While the
    characters bring up several social questions, the story is really just pure fun.