Last Night at the Telegraph Club -- Malinda Lo

Description: Winner of the National Book Award A New York Times Bestseller The queer romance we've been waiting for."--Ms. Magazine Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the feeling took root--that desire to look, to move closer, to touch. Whenever it started growing, it definitely bloomed the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. Suddenly everything seemed possible. But America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father--despite his hard-won citizenship--Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light Book and Mortar Record Store Last Night at the Telegraph Club -- Malinda Lo 17.56 Winner of the National Book Award A New York Times Bestseller The queer romance we've been waiting for."--Ms. Magazine Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the feeling took root--that desire to look, to move closer, to touch. Whenever it started growing, it definitely bloomed the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. Suddenly everything seemed possible. But America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father--despite his hard-won citizenship--Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day. (Cover image may vary.) Author: Malinda Lo Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers Published: 01/19/2021 Pages: 416 Binding Type: Hardcover Weight: 1.15lbs Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.40d ISBN: 9780525555254 Age Range: 14-UP Award: National Book Awards - Winner Award: Michael L. Printz Award - Honor Book Award: Stonewall Book Award - Winner Award: Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Winner Review Citation(s): Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2020 - Book Of Special Distinction Booklist 11/01/2020 pg. 58 Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2020 School Library Journal 01/01/2021 pg. 76 Publishers Weekly 01/25/2021 Shelf Awareness 01/29/2021 Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2021 pg. 95 About the Author Malinda Lo is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of several novels, including Last Night at the Telegraph Club, which received eight starred reviews. Her debut, Ash, a lesbian retelling of Cinderella, was a finalist for the William C. Morris Award, the Andre Norton Award for YA Science Fiction and Fantasy, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and was a Kirkus Best Book for Children and Teens. She has been a three-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. Malinda's nonfiction has been published by the New York Times Book Review, NPR, the Huffington Post, The Toast, the Horn Book, and the anthologies Here We Are, How I Resist, and Scratch. She lives in Massachusetts with her wife.

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