I just finished The Kayla Chronicles by Sherri Winston and if you like Dance Team/friendship novels, then this is for you.

Kayla and her friend, Rosalie, are fifteen and entering high school. They want to be role models for young girls. Rosalie convinces Kayla to try out for the Lady Lions, the renowned Royal Palm Academy high school dance team. The idea being when Kayla is rejected because she “doesn’t fit the Lady Lion image” (rather than on her dancing ability), the girls could write a scathing expose for the school paper. Well, Kayla does get accepted, thereby straining her friendship with Rosalie and causing her to re-evaluate who she is, who she wants to be and her relationship with her family.
This book is good fun.


If you want more Cheerleader/friendship novels, try the Non-Blonde Cheerleader series by Kieran Scott; I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader, Brunettes Strike Back and A Non-Blonde Cheerleader in Love.

Ed Goldberg,
Teen Services Librarian