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Tryout Vol 2: The Squad Graphic Novel by Christina Soontornvat, and Joanna Cacao will get 100 thousand print run
Revealed final month, The Squad is the sequel graphic novel to 2002’s The Tryout, each by Christina Soontornvat and Joanna Cacao and each printed by Scholastic/Graphix. The Squad, nevertheless, bought itself into six figures with a 100,000-copy print run when it was printed in mid-November.
“STEP UP. COMMIT. FOLLOW THROUGH. It is eighth grade and Christina and her besties, Megan and Leanne, are as soon as once more going by way of the brutal trials of cheerleading tryouts. This yr, Christina feels extra assured: She attire in her personal type and has superb associates, even her first crush. However what if the ladies do not all make the squad? Worse than that, Christina learns her dad and mom’ marriage is collapsing. All of the sudden, her household, her future, and her identification appear in whole freefall. Can she hold it collectively and nonetheless make her cheerleading goals come true? Escape your pom poms! The extremely anticipated, stand-alone companion to the moment #1 bestseller The Tryout guarantees much more cheer, greater stakes, and relatable middle-school drama. Good for followers of Raina Telgemeier.
“Uncooked, candid, shifting, and stuffed with coronary heart.” -Betty C. Tang, creator of the award-winning bestseller Parachute Youngsters
“Beautiful, heartfelt, and hilarious.” -Sarah Mlynowski, New York Occasions bestselling writer of the No matter After sequence
“Soontornvat’s phrases and Cacao’s artwork work collectively seamlessly.” -Booklist Evaluations
As an writer, Christina Soontornvat has gained three Newbery Honors for the kids’s books A Want within the Darkish, All 13: The Unimaginable Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Workforce, and The Final Mapmaker. Whereas Joanna Cacao’s first printed collaboration in 2022 was The Tryout and her debut as a author/artist was printed final yr in 2023, The Secret Of Ravens, which is presently a nominee for the 2024 Aurora Awards and the 2025 Northern Lights Awards. A 3rd Tryuout quantity is predicted for the pair in 2025 or 2026.
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