My Mother the Cheerleader

By Robert Sharenow

(YA F Shar)

288 pages. 2007 Historical Fiction

Louise’s mother is a cheerleader, but not the kind that cheers at football games. She’s part of a group of mothers that protest the integration of schools in 1960 New Orleans. Louise, pulled out of school, is not sure how she feels about integration either. It takes a journalist who’s staying at their boardinghouse to show them the other side of things and make them think more about their actions. Based on true events. (Grades 9 & Up)

reviewed by Teen Librarian Shelly P.

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