Author: Barnes, Jennifer Lynn
Reading age: from c 12 years
Published on 8 January 2026 by Penguin Random House Children's UK (Penguin Books Ltd) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Squad' series.
Paperback | 368 pages
197 x 129 x 25 | 254g
The second instalment in the fun, page-turning high school mystery duology from the #1 bestselling author of The Inheritance Games. Meet the Squad: these cheerleaders are actually spies! Meet the Squad: pretty, popular, and extremely dangerous. A WELL-KEPT SECRETSaying Toby Klein is an unlikely cheerleader is the understatement of the year. . . but the squad at Bayport High aren’t your average cheerleaders. They’re elite undercover government operatives. And word on the street is that something’s about to go down in Bayport . . .
A DANGEROUS MISSIONBut if the spy business doesn’t kill Toby, it’s starting to look like Brooke, the team captain, might. The nominations are in for homecoming court, and rumour has it that Toby is the front-runner for queen.
A HANDSOME DISTRACTIONTensions are high and Toby’s budding feelings for the most popular and infuriatingly handsome guy in Bayport High aren’t helping, either.
Terrorist threat? Mission gone wrong? Disastrous Homecoming Court?Bring it on.
