![]() ![]() ![]() At the end of the competition, she and her friend Shirley go onstage, and Shirley appears to be exactly “what a Chinese girl should look like” (8-9). ![]() In the Prologue, the novel opens with Lily at the 1950 Miss Chinatown Pageant, where she remarks that she has never seen so many Chinese girls look “so American” (4). This study guide replicates these terms only in direct quotations. Lo writes in her Author’s Note that her decision to use such terms was driven by an effort to stay true to historical accuracy, given that she tells the story from the perspective of a 1950s teenager. ![]() This study guide refers to the 2022 edition published by Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House.Ĭontent Warning: The source material contains terms now considered offensive in referring to Chinese immigrants, Chinese Americans, and African Americans. Last Night at the Telegraph Club won not only the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature but also the Stonewall Book Award for Young Adult Literature and the Asian/Pacific Award for Young Adult Literature. Malinda Lo is also the author of several other novels, including A Line in the Dark, Ash, Huntress, Adaptation, and Inheritance. ![]()
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