Tryout Archives

Published last month, The Squad is the sequel graphic novel to 2022's The Tryout, both by Christina Soontornvat and Joanna Cacao and both published by Scholastic/Graphix. The Squad, however, got itself into six figures with a 100,000-copy print run when it was published in mid-November. The Squad by Christina Soontornvat and Joanna Cacao, being published from Scholastic/Graphix "STEP UP[...]

Two-time Newbery Honoree Christina Soontornvat and Joanna Cacao have sold two graphic novel memoirs,  The Tryout and its sequel, The Squad, at auction, They were picked up by Tracy Mack at Scholastic/Graphix. Christina Soontornvat & Joanna Cacao Sell The Tryout and The Squad The Tryout and The Squad are middle-grade graphic novel memoirs based on Soontornvat's life about being the only Asian[...]