Beth & me wedged tight jeaned legs pressed against each other. The sound of our own breathing. Before we all stopped believing a tornado or anything could touch us ever. Addy Hanlon & Beth Cassidy are tough inseparable invincible. No pair more charismatic or sophisticated. No pair more dangerous. But with the fall term their new coach arrives & things begin to change. She has plans for the cheer squad: all sleek poise & cool command the girls are soon entirely in her thrall. Faster harder higher thinner the stakes raised their world contracting they compete to risk -- everything. She meantime has been crossing a line of her own. From the brilliant author of The End of Everything Dare Me is a searing novel about the allure of adulthood & the dark heart of adolescence: the fierce bonds between girls their bitter rivalries & their power to transform one another.