Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms Discount

A sweet, queer teen romance perfect for fans of Heartstopper and Check, Please!

Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her senior year of high school who’s under pressure to join the cheerleader squad to make friends and round out her college applications. Her former friend BeBe is a people-pleaser—a trans girl who must keep her parents happy with her grades and social life to keep their support of her transition. Through the rigors of squad training and amped up social pressures (not to mention micro aggressions and other queer youth problems), the two girls rekindle a friendship they thought they’d lost and discover there may be other, sweeter feelings springing up between them.

“Readers will root for these girls as they navigate the waters of self-confidence, love, and cheerleading.” — Booklist (starred review)

Author/Artist: Crystal Frasier / Val Wise
Publisher: Oni Press
Ages: 14-17 years
Grade Level: 9+
Page Count: 128pp
Size: 6 x 9
Notes: softcover, color
Date of Publication: August 10, 2021
ISBN: 978-1620109557