Excerpt: Queer color guard teens find love and friendship in YA novel 'Twirl!'

Excerpt: Queer color guard teens find love and friendship in YA novel 'Twirl!'

Billed as "Heartstopper meets Bring it On," Jase Peeples's young adult novel Twirl! is about teen boys from rival color guard teams who find love and belonging. Chapter One Danny“Are you tired? Some of you already look tired. Keep the energy up. Perform through to the very end,” our winter guard instructor, Nikki, yells from the top of the concrete steps outside the gym. We’ve been running the same thirty-two counts—our ending ensemble flag feat…