| Check, Please! Book 1: # Hockey Contributor(s): Ukazu, Ngozi (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250177960 ISBN-13: 9781250177964 Publisher: First Second OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels - Coming Of Age - Young Adult Fiction | Lgbt - Young Adult Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Hockey |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2017957140 |
| Lexile Measure: 540 |
| Series: Check, Please! |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 8.4" (1.27 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Eric Bittle may be a former junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire, and very talented amateur p tissier, but being a freshman on the Samwell University hockey team is a whole new challenge. It is nothing like co-ed club hockey back in Georgia First of all? There's checking (anything that hinders the player with possession of the puck, ranging from a stick check all the way to a physical sweep). And then, there is Jack--his very attractive but moody captain. A collection of the first half, freshmen and sophomore year, of the megapopular webcomic series of the same name, Check, Please : #Hockey is the first book of a hilarious and stirring two-volume coming-of-age story about hockey, bros, and trying to find yourself during the best four years of your life. This book includes updated art and a hilarious, curated selection of Bitty's beloved tweets. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ukazu, Ngozi: - Ngozi Ukazu is the creator of Check, Please, an online graphic novel whose printing campaign remains the most funded webcomics Kickstarter ever. She graduated from Yale University in 2013 with a degree in Computing and The Arts, and received a masters in Sequential Art in 2015 from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She first became interested in hockey while writing a screenplay about the sport during her senior year at Yale. But after Yale hockey won the Division I Men's Ice Hockey national championship, she became obsessed. While she used her new-found 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 90's sitcoms as a major influence in the quirky, found-family feel of Check, Please. |