The Accidental Cheerleader
The book I am responding to is called “The accidental Cheerleader”. The genre of this book is Fiction. The setting is in the school.The main characters are Sophie,Kylie and grade 8 girls. I have read 160 pages out of 160 pages.The climax of the story is when the cheer leading list,for who made the cheer leading club,is posted. The protagonist of this story is Sophie and the antagonist of the story is Kylie towards the ending though.
Retell
This story is about two totally different girls who are best friends. Kylie has a wild side while Sophie is the shy,thoughtful type. Together they can do anything. But when Kylie signs both of them up for cheer leading, it’s Sophie that makes it and Kylie that doesn’t. Instead, Kylie makes it for the school mascot and she does not like that role a lot but she does that role anyway. Sophie is on the cheerleading team and the grade 8s(Kylie and Sophie are in grade 7) become Sophie’s new best friends. They are rude and mean to everyone else except Sophie. Now,they are convincing Sophie to ditch Kylie and just forget about her. So Sophie now has to decide between her true friend,Kylie,or her new best friends.
What I want to remember about this story is that I love how the story is very well written. You could read it and relate it your life. It is written like it’s a real conflict that could happen in life and it is.
Relate
Sophie actually reminds me of myself. The reason that Sophie reminds me of myself is because I am exactly like her. I am that quite type of person not really a big fan of attracting attention. I am also like her because she is stuck between her best friend and her true friend because of peer pressure. Peer Pressure can happen a lot to me esspecially because I am a type of person that is scared to hurt people’s feelings regardless of what they want me to do. If they ask me to do something against my best friend, I would try to say no nicely and jokingly but I really would not know between the two.
This book actually reminds me of another book called Drama Queen where one friend signs her other friend as well as herself for a Drama Production.The friend who didn’t want to be in it actually got the good part and the other friend got the role where she was a tree.
Reflect
If I could talk to the author, I would ask her if she has heard or been through the same conflict, or if it was just her good imagination to come up with a real life story.
I would also ask the author if they enjoy writing about stories that could happen because she has written a lot of books like that.(Drama Queen was also written by her)
I would also ask her if by any chance these stories have probably happend to her when she was small.(That’s probably why she has a lot of stories. :)
Your reader response was well written. I feel bad for Kyile because her best friend made the team, and she didn't. If I was Sophie, I would stay friends with Kyile and not listen to the grade 8s. I like how you realated your self to Sophie and stated what you two have in commen. Good Job!
ReplyDeleteYour reader response was really good. I enjoyed reading it. I really liked your retell. You showed your character and how kind you are. I liked how you included that connection. I liked how your reflect was full of questions. It was neat to read. After reading your response, I am interested to read the The accidental Cheerleader or Drama Queen.
ReplyDeleteI agree that fiction like this is well written when it is realistic, and you can picture the events really happening. I would agree with your inference that the author had similar experiences as a young girl with her friends. Otherwise, you really have to give her credit for her imagination and creativity!
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job relating to yourself here, and demonstrated a deep understanding of your personality, which I think is neat to reflect on and write down from time to time. Thanks for the detail in this section.
I have a couple of comments about your introduction paragraph. Genre might be more likely realistic fiction or teen drama (rather than just fiction). Don't forget that the setting is both place AND time. Try to find more complex elements of fiction such as foreshadowing, theme, and main idea in your next response.