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Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms (Paperback)

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Paperback 128 Pages
Published: 24/08/2021
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A sweet, queer teen romance perfect for fans of Fence 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 BeeBee 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.

Publisher: Oni Press,US
ISBN: 9781620109557
Number of pages: 128
Weight: 215 g
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 13 mm


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"Sweet without being saccharine, this short work is a wise, funny look at the distance between queer rights and real acceptance." - Publishers Weekly

"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." - Foreword Reviews

"Readers will root for these girls as they navigate the waters of self-confidence, love, and cheerleading." - Sarah Rice, Booklist [Starred Review]

"In the vein of Ngozi Ukazu’s Check, Please! or C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad’s Fence, this peppy yet angsty graphic novel irresistibly reclaims sports for queer and trans audiences. Recommended for all teen collections." - School Library Journal

"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." - Alanna Felton, Shelf Awareness [Starred Review]

"Wholesome and heartwarming." - Kirkus Reviews

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“Full of expressive, adorable artwork with lovable characters and insightful messages”

(4.5/5) 'Cheer Up' was a really hyped read for me and it definitely delivered. Bonus points because I started this on a whim the night before I got my first COVID vaccine (I'm mildly terrified of... More

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The Bookish Historian

“Absolutely heartwarming”

Cheer Up! is a lovely, wholesome short comic with beautiful art.

Cheer Up! introduces us to Annie - a badass who joins the cheerleaders of her school to have something to add to her college applications -, and Bebe -... More

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“Beautiful message”

Cheer Up: Love & Pompoms by Crystal Frasier is a beautifully illustrated graphic novel with a important message. I loved both the story and the characters.
Bebe is active in cheerleading who is a people pleaser... More

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