" Cheer Up! is joyful and insistent in its portrayal of queer teens like Annie and Bebe as worthy of love and respect, imperfections and all. Pacat and Johanna the Mad’s Fence, this peppy yet angsty graphic novel irresistibly reclaims sports for queer and trans audiences. pressure to join the cheerleading squad to make friends and round out her college. "In the vein of Ngozi Ukazu’s Check, Please! or C.S. Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms ebook by Crystal Frasier,Val Wise,Oscar O. "Readers will root for these girls as they navigate the waters of self-confidence, love, and cheerleading." "Showing that everyone has more to learn, and that embracing others is often the best way to do it, Cheer Up is a wonderful graphic novel." "Sweet without being saccharine, this short work is a wise, funny look at the distance between queer rights and real acceptance." OUT MAGAZINE, 18 New & Upcoming Queer Comics We Love Her former friend Bebe is a people-pleaser, a trans girl who must keep her parents. THE SEATTLE TIMES, "A Seattle-authored graphic novel and long-listen audiobooks" Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her senior year of high school whos under pressure to join the cheerleading squad to make friends and round out her college applications. LAMBDA LITERARY, "August’s Most Anticipated LGBTQ Literature" THE NEW YORK TIMES, "8 Comic Books in Honor of Pride"īUZZFEED, "28 New LGBTQ+ Young Adult Novels That'll Add Sunshine To Your Summer"īOOK RIOT, "20 Must-Read LGBTQ Comics for Teens and Young Adults"ĮPIC READS, "The 16 Most Anticipated YA Books to Read in August"
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