Last Night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
In 1954, high school senior Lily Hu is everything her parents expect her to be: studious,... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Romance
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2021
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Identity (Psychology) in adolescence
- Race relations--Juvenile fiction
- Chinese American teenagers
- Chinese American teenagers--Fiction
- Cold War--Influence--Juvenile fiction
- War--Influence
- Lesbian bars--Fiction
- Race relations--Fiction
- Adolescence--Fiction
- Chinese Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Lesbians--Fiction
- Adolescent psychology--Juvenile fiction
- Chinese Americans--Fiction
- Chinese American teenagers--Juvenile fiction
- Lesbians--Juvenile fiction
- Families
- Lesbians
- Identity--Fiction
- Identity (Psychology) in adolescence--Juvenile fiction
- Cold war--Fiction
- Lesbian bars
- Cold War--Fiction
- Family--Juvenile fiction
- Family life--Fiction
- Race relations
- Coming of age--Fiction
- Families--Juvenile fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Lesbian bars--Juvenile fiction
- Cold war--Juvenile fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Read Across America
- Best Children's Books of 2021
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Malinda Lo about Last Night at the Telegraph Club
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Malinda Lo
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teaching Ideas & Discussion Questions from Read Across America
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Discussion Guide from Penguin Classroom
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Book Readings 3

Video Book Reading narrated by Malinda Lo
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Video Book Reading narrated by Malinda Lo
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Emily Woo Zeller
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Vocabulary Lists 1

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Awards & Distinctions 12

Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2022
Honor, 2022

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2022
Honor, 2022

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2022
Commended, 2022

Rainbow List: Top Ten LGBTQ Books for Children and Teens, 2011-2022
Commended, 2022

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Honor, 2022

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2022
Young Adults Finalist, 2022

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2021

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2021
Selection, 2021
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