King Cheer

by Molly Horton Booth

Cheerleading, rivalry, and self-discovery

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Cheerleading, rivalry, and self-discovery

Set in the months before graduation, King Cheer brings Shakespeare’s King Lear into a contemporary high-school cheer squad. Leah’s decision to leave the captaincy unfolds alongside uncertainty about college and her identity; a contested succession then turns the cheerleaders and basketball players into rivals. The graphic-novel format gives the story a team-centered frame for questions of leadership, friendship, and facing what comes after high school. Its central conflict connects the struggle for control within the squad to a wider rift between two school teams.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

Teens and young adults interested in contemporary graphic novels.
Readers who enjoy stories about cheerleading, school-team rivalries, and friendship.
Those interested in queer coming-of-age themes and Shakespearean reimaginings.

Themes

Self-discovery and identityLeadership and successionFriendship and rivalryFacing the future

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Book overview

Heartstopper meets Bring It On in this contemporary graphic novel that reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a queer dramedy!

When cheer captain Leah steps down months before graduation, the team is shocked. Waitlisted by her dream college, questioning her identity, and suffering from senioritis, Leah needs to hand the captain's poms off and focus on her future.

But when the competition for captaincy goes awry, power-hungry twins take command of the squad and immediately pit the cheerleaders against the basketball team in a fight for glory. Balls fly, pom-poms shake, hearts are broken--and only one person can heal the rift between the teams. But first she'll have to heal herself.

As full of heart as it is backflips and three-pointers, King Cheer is a warm and witty story of self-discovery, friendship, and finding the courage to face your future.

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