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Malinda Lo

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Young adult

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND STONEWALL BOOK AWARD • From acclaimed author Malinda Lo comes a gripping, tender coming-of-age novel exploring identity, queerness, and historical upheaval set in San ...

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Why this book

1950s San Francisco, a Chinese American girl, and a bar that lets her see a future. History that refuses to stay in the past tense.

Who it's for

Ages 13+. Queer readers, and anyone whose family love and family fear arrive in the same sentence.

Conversation starter

What does Lily risk by walking into the Telegraph Club, and what does she risk by not?

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Which room in the book felt safest, and which one felt like home.

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