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Overview

Five-foot eleven. Freckled. Flat as a surfboard. Peyton Grady sees her role on the varsity cheer squad as the only thing keeping her off the social sidelines at wealthy Beachwood Preparatory Academy. It's her umbilical cord to cool—and it's constantly in danger of getting cut.

As a base, it's Peyton's duty to be stepped on—literally—by cheer queen Lexie Court. So when Lexie hatches a fierce hazing campaign against the frumpy new girl, Peyton has no choice but to support her flier. Soon the pranks become sadistically cruel, even criminal. Suddenly, Peyton has more to lose than her new-found Alpha celebrity. Will she gamble her entire future for "the good of the squad"?

"Debbie Reed Fischer's sizzling take on girl hazing and cheer pressure mixes the perfect ration of humor to anger for a compelling, un-put-downable read."
—Alex Flinn, author of Breathing Underwater

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Peyton Grady is a scholarship junior at a prestigious prep school where she thinks she has achieved everything after making the varsity cheerleading squad. To fit in with the alpha females, she lies and loses her longtime best friend and neglects her classes until she is failing trigonometry and in danger of losing her scholarship. To gain her team's affection, she takes part in bullying a new girl whose parents gave the school money for the new gym and expect their daughter to be welcomed onto the cheerleading squad. The captain makes a list of horrible things to do to the new girl so she will quit the team. Although a part of Peyton realizes what she is doing is wrong, she is blinded by her desire to be popular. This book reads like an after-school special. Characters do exactly what the reader expects. In the end, Peyton is a better person, mean-girl Lexie has been sent away to another school, and the misfit new girl is accepted. Peyton realizes she is a strong person on her own and she does not need the Alphas' approval nor a boyfriend who only sees her as an object. Readers should be more than uncomfortable with the bullying, which crosses the line of acceptable behavior and puts one girl in the hospital. Peyton joins in even though she has the decency to be uncomfortable. The action is enough to keep the reader engaged and glad she does not have friends like these. Reviewer: Cindy Faughnan
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This book is about cheerleaders. That's all one needs to know. The vocabulary is mundane, and the dialogue is mindless and basic. The hazing in the story is disturbingly impressive, and the girls are the epitome of horrible cheerleaders. Peyton, the main character, is shallow and elitist, although in the end she learns her lesson and befriends a "dork." I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read about horrible teenage girls and shallow, rich cheerleaders. Reviewer: Jane Chen, Teen Reviewer

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780738711614
  • Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd.
  • Publication date: 9/1/2008
  • Pages: 264
  • Sales rank: 880,510
  • Age range: 12 - 17 Years
  • Product dimensions: 5.10 (w) x 7.90 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Meet the Author

Debbie Reed Fischer (Florida) is the author of Braless in Wonderland and was once a cheerleader, though not a very good one. Visit www.DebbieReedFischer.com for more information.

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  • Posted November 3, 2008

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    Reviewed by Cana Rensberger for TeensReadToo.com

    Peyton Grady has finally made it to the varsity cheerleading squad and Alpha status at Beachwood Preparatory Academy, and only her BFF, Maya, knows her carefully guarded secret - that she's a scholarship student. So why would Peyton risk being seen talking to the school misfits?

    Ellika Garrett is the new jumbo-sized cheerleader whose mother bought her a spot on the squad with a hefty donation to the school. Peyton wonders just how far she'll have to go to make Ellika understand that she does not want to be her friend. Who wants a weepy-eyed walrus looking over your shoulder when you're trying to get the attention of Von Cohen, the hottest guy in school? Every time Peyton gets up the nerve to ask him to the Sadie Hawkin's dance, Ellika appears and chases Von away.

    Luckily, Von doesn't give up easily. Everyone can see he's totally into Peyton and it's not long before she finally has her first real boyfriend, a definite plus on the Alpha girl scale. But how will she explain to him about Compular? Yes, even wealthy prep schools have those super-smart nerdy guys who brag about outrageous things nobody believes. Peyton can't avoid Compular. If he doesn't tutor her in Trig, she could lose her scholarship.

    As Peyton teeter-totters on the brink of social elitism, Lexie, the captain of the squad, tips the balance. Peyton, along with the other varsity cheerleaders, are expected to contribute ideas to a hazing list that becomes crueler with each idea. The point is to make Ellika so miserable that she'll quit the team. In her quest to be one of the Alpha girls, Peyton has already sacrificed her friendship with Maya. What else will she destroy, who else will she step on, to get on top? Can she really do this to Ellika? To herself?

    SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS by Debbie Reed Fischer is an incredible book. It's a page-turner that is as difficult to put down as it is to read. Are there teens out there that are really this cruel? What would you, the reader, be willing to sacrifice to have it all?

    I can tell you as a teacher of teens for twenty years that, without question, there are teens who have an adult persona and a totally different peer persona. This book will force you to take a look at yourself and those around you. I believe this book will inspire its readers to stand up for what they believe is right. For that reason, and because the characters have stayed with me so vividly, I'm giving SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS the coveted Gold Star Award for Excellence.

    My thirteen-year-old theatre vagabond-band geek-cheerleader daughter grabbed this book before I could read it and read it in a day. She raved about it. Then my almost fifteen-year-old band geek-football playing-student council representative son saw "sharks" in the title and picked it up, also finishing it in a day. They both loved it. I can't think of too many books on this topic that resonate with boys as well as girls.

    I had the pleasure of reviewing Debbie Reed Fischer's debut novel, BRALESS IN WONDERLAND, and was thrilled to found out I would also get the opportunity to review SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS. I was not disappointed. Well done, Ms. Fischer. You have earned yourself a gold star! Thank you for a terrific read!

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