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Check, Please! Book 1: # Hockey

Ngozi Ukazu
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Check, Please! Book 1: # Hockey

Ngozi Ukazu
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Overall rating: 3.8461537 / 5 from 13 reviews.

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Check please.

"Not for your 10 -14 year old hockey lover has swearing and content that is not at their level. Cover looks fun, looked like a great book but definitely good graphic novel for an older audience."

— Moe B. (3/5)

Fence with Hockey!

"Cute little story. Kind of like Fence but with hockey!"

— Riley (5/5)

A classic

"started reading this when it was but a webcomic and now i’m glad to have a physical copy"

— Charles (5/5)

Love love love

"Super cute! I loved this volume and I’m excited to read the next one!"

— Chloe (5/5)

Check, Please - read this!

"Read this book online first - so excited to find it in print. An awesome, funny read."

— MACreader (5/5)

Vulgar language

"Buyer beware. Very vulgar language. Not appropriate for kids."

— Nicole (1/5)

Too many swear words

"This is not suitable for anyone who doesn’t like cussing. A lot of swears in the book. Definitely not for a young person."

— ChristineB (1/5)

Hockey and Baking Scores!

"A graphic novel with cross-over appeal. When do you (ever!) see hockey combined with baking? This is a unique series that grabs the attention of different groups of young people in our h. s. library."

— Kimberley H. (4/5)

Such a fun, endearing book on hockey !

"Check Please ! is a graphic novel that happens to feature a couple of LGBT characters. As such I wouldn’t say it’s a full-blown queer book, but it’s sympathetic and very sweet in its depiction of male friendships and/or crushes. It’s also a very intelligently structured book, with the main story unfolding as narrated (pictured) via the main character’s daily vlog. In the last part of the book we get back in time to relive the same events but through a lengthy and fascinating series of tweets, giving a different perspective to the story. It’s like having a macro pov on the narrative (the graphic novel), then a micro pov focusing on tiny details, events or feelings (the tweets). Unusual but quite successful. The author has obviously absorbed the culture of ice hockey down to the last minute details of slang, lingo, customs and traditions of the sport. All told, a highly original, funny, endearing and extremely informed graphic novel on hockey, hockey players and gay people in sports. Not for a very young audience, though: not because of the gay subtext (very tasteful, even chaste), but because it’s a long read, quite complicated if you’re not familiar with hockey or professional sports in general. For hockey fans though it’s a must."

— André P. (5/5)

Yes please

"Cute fun story if you are into Heartstopper youll like this"

— W B. (5/5)

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  • Published date: Sep 18, 2018
  • Language: English
  • No. of Pages: 288
  • Publisher: first second
  • ISBN: 9781250177964
  • Dimensions: 6.1" W x 0.65" L x 8.55" H

A Boston Globe Best YA Book of 2018
YALSA William C. Morris 2018 Finalist

"Check, Please! is very much a thing of our time in its approach to gay identity and romance... There's no big coming-out scene, no 'convert the lone homophobe' drama, no storyline cooked up just to educate the reader about the gay experience. Bitty doesn't need any of that, and Ukazu gives the reader credit for not needing it either." —NPR

"Check, Please — an endlessly delightful web comic about hockey, baking, and bros." —Den of Geek

"Check Please! is the perfect reminder of the growth in queer narratives we’ve gotten in the past few years...filled with cute romance, zero toxic masculinity, and a really great sense of male comradery that’s refreshing to read." — The Mary Sue

"Ukazu, who began Bitty’s story as an uberpopular webcomic, folds in plenty of hockey terms and highlights team camaraderie while skillfully dismantling themes of toxic masculinity…A slow-burn same-sex romance is just the icing on the cake (sorry—pie) in this irresistibly fun and utterly charming sports story. Volume two can’t come fast enough" —Booklist, starred review

"This is a warm story with an irresistible protagonist, a clever supporting cast, and lively and plentiful game and practice scenes... A fun and deeply satisfying read for teens." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"The art relies on thick linework and facial shots to tell the story, playing to Ukazu’s knack for pithy, personality-showing dialogue. Ukazu blends a series of tropes (coming-of-age, coming out, an outsider finding acceptance) into one coherent, amusing tale." —Publishers Weekly

Ngozi Ukazu is the creator of Check, Please!, a massively popular online graphic novel. She graduated from Yale University in 2013 and received a master's in sequential art in 2015 from the Savannah College of Art and Design. While she used her intensive knowledge of ice hockey to launch Check, Please! in 2013, Ngozi has a deep interest in sports that ranges from half-marathon training to basketball documentaries. Ngozi also cites '90s sitcoms as a major influence in the quirky, found-family feel of Check, Please!

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