The Cheerleader

Young Adult

Author: Ruth Doan MacDougall

First published in 1973 and 1974 by Putnam and Bantam, The,Cheerleader was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection, optioned by Twentieth Century-Fox, made into an NBC sitcom pilot, and became a best-seller beloved by generations of readers.,p/pThe reprint of this classic coming-of-age novel,features a foreword by English professor Ann V. Norton, who writes, “As Snowy grows in….Read More

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