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  • Published: 13 January 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241802465
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $19.99

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  • Jennifer Lynn Barnes



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 INVITATION
When 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 SECRET
The 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 TARGET
But 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 . . .

  • Published: 13 January 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241802465
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $19.99

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