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The Cheerleader

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The Cheerleader
AuthorRuth Doan MacDougall
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPutnam
Publication date
1974
Publication placeUnited States
Pages288 pp
ISBN0-9663352-0-1
OCLC39368608
813/.54 21
LC ClassPS3563.A292 C48 1998

The Cheerleader is a 1973 coming of age novel by Ruth Doan MacDougall.[1]

Described on the author's website as "searchingly honest, achingly real, [recalling] all the joy, excitement, and pain of crossing the bridge from childhood to young womanhood in the Fabulous Fifties, when sex was still a mystery and goals were clearly defined--perhaps for the last time,"[2] it was first published in 1973 by Putnam and re-released in its 4th printing in 1998 by Frigate Books.

This is the first of five books in the "Snowy Series" ("Snowy: a sequel to The Cheerleader," "Henrietta Snow," "The Husband Bench, or Bev's Book," and "A Born Maniac, or Puddles Progress") following Snowy and "The Gang" as they continue through life.

References

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  1. ^ Writer, CATHY MOLITORIS Staff (2008-08-14). "SUMMER READING: 'My Mother, the Cheerleader'". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  2. ^ MacDougall, Ruth Doan. "The Cheerleader". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2024-06-03.