1. Sarah Darer Littman’s Backlash is a realistic novel that is written though the point-of-view of four different characters, the main protagonist, Lara Kelly, her sister, Sydney (Syd) Kelly, her ex-best friend, Bree Connors, and her brother, Liam Connors. 2. The book opens up in a flashback to middle school where Lara Kelly was bullied and called names like Lardo Lara and Larasaurus because of her weight 3. In high school, when Lara recovered from her depression and her ex-best friend, Bree Connors, left her for other people, she decided to try out for cheerleading. 4. Lara makes the cheerleading team and Bree, who also tried out, does not but as Lara laughs with her new friend, Ashley, Bree thought they were laughing at her. 5. In anger,