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Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones
By (Author) Ngozi Ukazu
Illustrated by Ngozi Ukazu
Roaring Brook Press
First Second
7th April 2020
United States
Young Adult
Fiction
741.5
Paperback
352
Width 155mm, Height 215mm, Spine 25mm
709g
Bitty is heading to junior year of college and though he has overcome his fear of getting "checked" on the ice, he and Jack now face new challanges. They must nagivate their new relationship while being apart and also decide how they want to reveal their relationship to those around them. Not only that, but Jack and the Falconers are now a big part of the NHL-and Bitty's life! It's a hockey season filled with victories and losses. A collection of the second half of the mega-popular webcomic series of the same name, Check, Please!: Sticks and Scones is the last in 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.
"Ukazu excels at drawing action...ultimately, though, this is a love story, one with a romance characterized by sweetness and support. Fans new and old won't be ready for it to end."--Booklist, starred review
"An upbeat story of love and acceptance." --Kirkus
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!