Check Please! Hockey (Book 1) by Ngozi Ukazu
Available At: Liberty
Categories : Cursing, LGBTQ+, Politics
Description: A former male junior figure skater has a challenging time transitioning into a hockey player and falls in love with the captain of his hockey team.
YA Label?: Unknown
Notes: This book contains illustrations depicting sexual activities; alternate sexuality; excessive/frequent profanity; inflammatory social commentary; and alcohol use.
Rating : 2
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Snippets
Page 9: “You know what I like about you, Bitty? You’re a dude from the south, and you’re not a bigoted dickfaced cockhole! Good for you.”
Page 124: “Bitty, I came to Samwell to get away from the wack, conservative, hyper-privileged, uptight guys I played with at Andover. Not like I’m syaing that’s Dex, but pretty sure bro went and put a Samwell Republican sticker on his laptop the other day.”
Page 204: The illustrations on this page depict two men kissing each other on the lips.
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