The Champions

From the author of First, there were the Cheerleaders. Five girls whose deaths made Sunnybrook infamous, and whose legacy has marked them even after the girls’ killer was finally brought to justice. By the time Hadley moves to Sunnybrook, the locals are more interested in the present. The high school''s championship-winning football team, the Warriors. More than athletes, the Warriors are Sunnybrook’s homegrown heroes--something positive in a town with so much darkness in its past.; Hadley is not a fan, but when she gets assigned to cover the football team’s latest championship bid for the school newspaper, she realizes there''s a lot about the Warriors that''s not being talked about.; Sunnybrook holds the Warriors up to the light, but there''s a lot hidden in the shadows, and Hadley''s about to find out;just how far the town would go to ensure that their boys keep winning.

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Kara Thomas is an unsolved mystery enthusiast who dreams of one day solving a cold case. She lives on Long Island with her husband, son, and rescue cat. She is the author of The Darkest Corners, Little Monsters, The Cheerleaders, That Weekend, and The Champions, as well as the adult thriller Out of the Ashes.

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From the author of The Cheerleaders comes another dark YA thriller set in the same town of Sunnybrook. When a mysterious accident befalls a member of the all-star high school football team, the town's deadly history stands to repeat itself—and the price of discovering the truth is higher than anyone could imagine.

It was the deaths of five cheerleaders that made the town of Sunnybrook infamous. Eleven years later, the girls' killer has been brought to justice, and the town just wants to move on. By the time Hadley moves to Sunnybrook, though, the locals are more interested in the Tigers, the high school's championship-winning football team. The Tigers are Sunnybrook’s homegrown heroes--something positive in a town with so much darkness in its past.

Hadley could care less about football, but shortly after she gets assigned to cover the team's latest championship bid for the school newspaper, one of the Tigers is poisoned at a party, and almost immediately after, Hadley starts getting strange emails warning her to stay far away from the football team.

It's becoming clear Sunnybrook's golden boys have secrets, and after a second player is mysteriously killed, Hadley’s beginning to suspect that someone wants the team to pay for their sins. Or does this new target on the football team have something to do with what happened to the cheerleaders all those years ago?

As an outsider in Sunnybrook, Hadley feels like she's the only one who can see the present clearly, but it looks like she’s going to have to dig up the darkness of the past to get to the bottom of what’s happening now. Luckily, there are still some Sunnybrook High grads who never left--people who were around eleven years ago—and if she can just convince them to talk, she might be able stop a killer before another Tiger dies.

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From the author of The Cheerleaders comes a new, darkly thrilling story set in the same town of Sunnybrook. When an accident befalls one of the members of Sunnybrook High's all-star football team, the town's dark history stands to repeat itself—and the price of discovering the truth is higher than anyone could imagine.

First, there were the Cheerleaders. Five girls whose deaths made Sunnybrook infamous, and whose legacy has marked them even after the girls’ killer was finally brought to justice.

By the time Hadley moves to Sunnybrook, the locals are more interested in the present. The high school's championship-winning football team, the Warriors. More than athletes, the Warriors are Sunnybrook’s homegrown heroes--something positive in a town with so much darkness in its past.

Hadley is not a fan, but when she gets assigned to cover the football team’s latest championship bid for the school newspaper, she realizes there's a lot about the Warriors that's not being talked about.

Sunnybrook holds the Warriors up to the light, but there's a lot hidden in the shadows, and Hadley's about to find out just how far the town would go to ensure that their boys keep winning.