Queerleaders
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- 予約注文
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- リリース予定日：2026年7月2日
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- ¥1,200
発行者による作品情報
Bring It On meets She Drives Me Crazy, from the authors of Call Your Boyfriend.
Oak Haven High doesn’t have cheerleaders, they have queerleaders.
It’s become a school superstition that if you make the team, you’re out (or will soon come out) as queer. But rumour has it that cheer captain, Davie, has been actively recruiting queer members only. Davie is accused of discrimination and she’s given an ultimatum: recruit a straight athlete for the team or the funding for their competitive cheer season will take a major tumble.
Enter Kendall Hayes, the edgy, mysterious, and – most importantly – straight new girl. When Davie recruits her, she thinks the problem is solved. Until she finds out Kendall’s actually bisexual.
Now Kendall and Davie are faced with having to keep her sexuality secret until Nationals, which only gets more complicated when they start falling for each other. Can Kendall stay in the fake closet long enough to save the squad? Or will Davie find the courage to love her new crush out loud, even if it might mean the end of the queerleaders?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the tradition of Bring It On, previous collaborators Cole and Woodfolk (Call Your Boyfriend) deliver a spirited sports romance that follows an out-and-proud all-queer cheer team as they navigate competition, conservative critics, and romance on the road to nationals. Starting over after expulsion from her previous school, Kendall Hayes finds herself thrust into Oak Haven High's cheer program just as Hornets team captain Davie Cathee determines that the squad must score a championship title. After a scorned prospect for the Hornets accuses them of anti-straight bias, Davie refutes the claim by offering Kendall—whom Davie believes is straight—a spot on the team. The stakes escalate as sparks ignite between Davie and Kendall, who must keep their budding relationship a secret or risk school administration pulling the Hornets's funding over discrimination accusations. While the story at times buckles under the weight of jam-packed plotting (Kendall and Davie's romance repeatedly takes a backseat to external pressures), and key conflicts surrounding funding battles, secret relationships, and team politics feel underdeveloped, fans of sports-centered love stories will appreciate the energetic cheer sequences, exuberant characters, celebratory atmosphere, and strong messaging about the importance of inclusivity and social advocacy. The cast is intersectionally diverse. Ages 14–up. Agents: (for Cole) Trinica Sampson, New Leaf Literary; (for Woodfolk) Beth Phelan, Gallt & Zacker Literary.
