Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms
2021 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist
2021 New York Public Library Best Books for Teens
2021 Cybils Award Winner
2022 GLAAD Media Award Winner
2022 Lambda Literary Award Finalist
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.
Book At A Glance
# of Pages: 128
Book Binding: Paperback
Year of Publication: 2021
Publisher: Oni Press
Language: en
ISBN: 9781620109557
Creator Bio
Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, and Oscar O. Jupiter are a dynamic trio of writers who came together to create the heartwarming and uplifting graphic novel, Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms. Frasier is an award-winning comic book writer and game designer known for her work on titles such as Pathfinder and Lumberjanes. Wise is an experienced writer and editor, having worked on projects for DC Comics, Marvel, and Dark Horse. Jupiter is a talented illustrator and cartoonist, with a unique style that brings the characters in Cheer Up to life. Together, these three creators have crafted a story that celebrates friendship, diversity, and the power of cheerleading.
