Check, Please!: # Hockey

Eric Bittle may be a former junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire, and very talented amateur pâtissier, 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. This is perfect for fans of the hit series Heartstopper!

About the author

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!

Summary

The hilarious and heartbreaking confessions of a figure skater turned collegiate hockey player who's terrified of checking - and is desperately in love with the captain of his hockey team.

Product details

• Authors: Ngozi Ukazu, Ukazu Ngozi
• Publisher: Macmillan USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781250177964
• ISBN: 978-1-250-17796-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 20 mm x 218 mm
• Weight: 549 g
• Series: Check, Please!; Check, Please!
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Coming of Age, Graphic Novels, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Hockey, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy, Of specific Gay interest, Relating to gay people, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / LGBTQ+ / General