Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman & Check, Please Book 1 by Ngozi Ukazu | Hybrid

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This is a HYBRID event and will take place in-person at Wood Library in Canandaigua and online via Zoom.

Join your friends and meet new ones as we continue our sixth season of CDGA Queer Lit Book Club and discuss two graphic novels: Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman and Check, Please by Ngozi Ukazu.

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OVERVIEW - Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman
"The New Mexico Territory, 1861. Young Grace, a trans runaway, has headed west, fleeing her Georgia home--and conscription into the Confederate Army. But her coach ride to California makes an unplanned stop when notorious outlaw the Ghost Hawk swoops in, shaking down its passengers and stealing away with Grace. The Ghost Hawk--Flor, to her friends--means to hold Grace for ransom. But when the two get to talking about Flor's plan to crash a Confederate gala, Grace convinces Flor to let her join the heist."

OVERVIEW - Check, Please Book 1 by Ngozi Ukazu
"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."

WE ♥ LIBRARIES

• Our selections are available to borrow through the OWWL, Monroe, and New York Public Library systems.

WE ♥ INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES

• Noire Reading Room is Rochester's online/pop-up Black Feminist Bookstore, featuring Black, Queer, and Radical texts. Support Noire Reading Room when you purchase this event's selections on their partner page with Bookshop.
• Ampersand Books is the Neighborhood of the Arts' independent bookstore owned and operated by Writers & Books, Rochester’s leading nonprofit literary arts center. Support Ampersand Books and get 15% off when you purchase this event's selections on their website.

CREDITS
Overview. Stage Dreams. (n.d.). https://search.owwl.org/Record/609759?searchId=9849157&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex

Overview. Check, Please. (n.d.). https://search.owwl.org/GroupedWork/5a8ca1c2-4882-58e9-c1ac-3607ddf96a83-eng/Home?searchId=9849222&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex

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