home for the holidays heather vogel frederick

“Eyes on the field, girls,” she calls to us.Īshley and I turn around just in time to see Darcy Hawthorne intercept a pass. O’Donnell, our cheerleading coach, is a stickler for big smiles. “Shut up! I do not,” I reply, through teeth clenched in a big smile. Third is actually Cranfield Bartlett III, but nobody ever calls him that, not even his parents. “I didn’t know you liked Third,” she teases. My friend Ashley swats me with a pom-pom, her dark eyes flashing with mischief. Third sees me, though, and waves his trombone from where he’s sitting with the rest of the brass section. As the pep band strikes up “We Will Rock You,” I look up in the stands to see if Zach Norton is watching. I finish off the cheer with a star jump and a high kick, then fling my maroon-and-white pom-poms skyward, catching them neatly on the way down.

“D-E-F-E-N-S-E! DEFENSE, CONCORD, DEFENSE!” “When there are boys you have to worry about how you look, and whether they like you, and why they like another girl better, and whether they’re going to ask you to something or other. “The holidays struck Deep Valley like a snowball, exploding with soft glitter in all directions.” Manufactured in the United States of AmericaĬIP data for this book is available from the Library of Congress. The text for this book is set in Chapparral Pro. Information or to book an event, contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers BureauĪt 1-86 or visit our website at Book design by Lucy Ruth Cummins The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. SIMON & SCHUSTER BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS is a trademark of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.Ĭopyright © 2011 by Heather Vogel FrederickĪll rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events Other names, characters, places, and incidents are Any references to historical events, real people, An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Divisionġ230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020

Home for the holidays heather vogel frederick