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Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Interest 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 | 304 pages
197 x 129 x 23 | 218g

From the #1 bestselling author of The Inheritance Games – a fun, page-turning high school mystery duology. Meet the Squad: these cheerleaders are actually spies! Meet the Squad: pretty, popular, and extremely dangerous. A MYSTERIOUS INVITATIONWhen hacker and black-belt Toby Klein arrives at Bayport High, joining the cheerleading squad is the last thing on her to-do list. But after a mysterious note urges her to audition, she realizes that behind those pom-poms is a dangerous secret.

A DANGEROUS SECRETThe Squad is cover for the government’s most elite spies, hidden in plain sight. And they need Toby to retrieve intel from the only person who has it – the most popular boy at school.

AN IRRESISTIBLE TARGETBut evil lurks in Bayport and Toby’s newfound makeover has put a spotlight on her. And now there’s her inconvenient – and growing attraction - to her mark, which might just get her killed . . .