Full Product Details
Author: Crystal Frasier ,
Val Wise ,
Oscar O. Jupiter
Publisher: Oni Press,US
Imprint: Oni Press,US
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.215kg
ISBN: 9781620109557
ISBN 10: 1620109557
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 24 August 2021
Recommended Age: From 12 to 99 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Sweet without being saccharine, this short work is a wise, funny look at the distance between queer rights and real acceptance. -- Publishers Weekly Wholesome and heartwarming. -- Kirkus Reviews 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]"" ""Sweet without being saccharine, this short work is a wise, funny look at the distance between queer rights and real acceptance.""-- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""Wholesome and heartwarming.""-- ""Kirkus Reviews"" OUT MAGAZINE, 18 New & Upcoming Queer Comics We Love BOOK RIOT, ""20 Must-Read LGBTQ Comics for Teens and Young Adults"" BUZZFEED, ""28 New LGBTQ+ Young Adult Novels That'll Add Sunshine To Your Summer"" EPIC READS, ""The 16 Most Anticipated YA Books to Read in August"" LAMBDA LITERARY, ""August's Most Anticipated LGBTQ Literature"" THE NEW YORK TIMES, ""8 Comic Books in Honor of Pride"" THE SEATTLE TIMES, ""A Seattle-authored graphic novel and long-listen audiobooks"" ""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]"" ""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"" ""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"""
Wholesome and heartwarming. -- Kirkus Reviews
Author Information
Crystal Frasier is a girl from small-town Florida who now has twenty years’ experience writing for comics, fiction, and games. She has contributed to major brands like Pathfinder and Dungeons & Dragons, as well as small-press projects and anthologies, but she got her start self-publishing transgender-focused webcomics. Today Crystal is the proud mama of two energetic corgis, Calamity and Adamant. Val Wise is a cartoonist originally from Clearwater Beach, Florida. He's contributed to a handful of anthologies, including Dates! and Wayward Kindred, as well as projects like Rolled & Told. He currently lives in the Southern U.S. with his husband, two best friends, and two talkative cats named Biscotti and Ciabatta.
