We Are the Wildcats, Siobhan Vivian
We Are the Wildcats, Siobhan Vivian
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We Are the Wildcats

Author: Siobhan Vivian

Narrator: Bailey Carr

Unabridged: 10 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/31/2020


Synopsis

A toxic coach finds himself outplayed by the high school girls on his team in this deeply suspenseful novel, which unspools over twenty-four hours through six diverse perspectives.Tomorrow, the Wildcat varsity field hockey squad will play the first game of their new season. But at tonight’s team sleepover, the girls are all about forging the bonds of trust, loyalty, and friendship necessary to win. Everything hinges on the midnight initiation ceremony—a beloved tradition and the only facet of being a Wildcat that the girls control. Until now.Coach—a handsome former college player revered and feared in equal measure—changes the plan and spins his team on a new adventure. One where they take a rival team’s mascot for a joyride, crash a party in their pajamas, break into the high school for the perfect picture.But as the girls slip out of their comfort zone, so do some long-held secrets. And just how far they’re willing to go for their team takes them all—especially Coach—by surprise.A testament to the strength and resilience of modern teenage girls, We Are the Wildcats will have readers cheering.

About Siobhan Vivian

Siobhan Vivian is the author of the young adult novel We Are the Wildcats, as well as Stay Sweet, The Last Boy and Girl in the World, The List, Not That Kind of Girl, Same Difference, A Little Friendly Advice, and the Burn for Burn trilogy, cowritten with Jenny Han. A former editor for Alloy Entertainment, she received her MFA in creative writing at the New School. She teaches creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh. Visit her at SiobhanVivian.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ashley

Wasn’t a huge fan overall. I liked the friendship between the girls and how dedicated they were to something they loved, but a majority of this book dragged on very slowly and certain parts made me a bit uncomfortable. The end was a bit better as realizations were made, but it still wasn’t super sat......more

Goodreads review by Jessica

Wow. This one was a HUGE miss for me. I played softball year-round when I was in high school, so I was excited for a book about the bond between a girls' field hockey team. When I read this, though, there were quite a few issues for me. First, the pacing. This book takes place in one night and has s......more

2.5 That's it? Really?! For the first half of the book nothing really happened then, everything started happening at once. I went into this book with no expectations, but I still hoped that I would like it more than I actually did. This book follows this all girls field hockey team called the Wildcat......more

Unfortunately, this book was disappointing. I've read a lot of Siobhan Vivian's books, and this one was definitely my least favorite. There were too many points of view (none which were that different) which made the teammates and the brief background on each hard to keep straight. This all took place......more