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Cheer up! : love and pompoms / written by Crystal Frasier ; art by Val Wise ; lettered by Oscar O. Jupiter.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Portland, OR : Oni Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 127 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781620109557
  • 1620109557
Other title:
  • Love and pompoms
  • Love & pompoms
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "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 in order to maintain 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."--Page [4] of cover.
List(s) this item appears in: LGBTQIA+ Reads for Young Adults | Recent Rainbow Reads for Young Adults
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
YA Book YA Book Main Library YA Graphic Novel FRASIER, CRYSTAL Available 33111010745608
Total holds: 1

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes recipes.

"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 in order to maintain 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."--Page [4] of cover.

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