Last Night at the Telegraph Club

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.

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Author: Malinda Lo
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Published: 12/28/2021
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780525555278
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.3
Point Value: 17
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 516234 / Last Night at the Telegraph Club


Award: Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Winner
Award: Michael L. Printz Award - Honor Book
Award: Stonewall Book Award - Winner

About the Author
Malinda Lo is the New York Times bestselling author of Last Night at the Telegraph Club, winner of the National Book Award, the Stonewall Book Award, and the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, as well as Michael L. Printz and Walter Dean Myers honors. Her debut novel Ash, a Sapphic retelling of Cinderella, was a finalist for the William C. Morris YA Debut Award, the Andre Norton Award for YA Science Fiction and Fantasy, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and the Lambda Literary Award. Malinda's short fiction and nonfiction has been published by The New York Times, NPR, Autostraddle, The Horn Book, and multiple anthologies. She lives in Massachusetts with her wife and their dog.