Elizabeth Acevedo - Anger is Only a Shadow

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Join us in celebrating NYT bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo as she discusses & signs her new book, Anger Is Only a Shadow. The Library and MahoganyBooks are delighted to host our friend and NYT bestselling author, Elizabeth Acevedo, as she celebrates her latest YA book, Anger Is Only A Shadow! Set right here in DC, join protagonist Lil as she takes a white-knuckle journey to self-understanding and doing the right thing, no matter the cost. Elizabeth wiil be in conversation with fellow phenomenal YA author, Sabaa Tahir. You won't want to miss this event! Grab a friend and come get your life at this amazing event! ABOUT THE BOOK: From National Book Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author and renowned poet Elizabeth Acevedo comes a white-knuckle journey to self-understanding and doing the right thing, no matter the cost. Lil is anything but small. She's rebellious, she's loyal; she's figuring out what kind of good person she wants to be, or if she wants to be a good person at all. But more than anything? Lil wants to be free. When her instinct for freedom leads to another stay in D.C. juvenile detention, Lil knows she's lucky to just be on probation. But judgment, guilt, and an ankle monitor weigh heavily on her, and she can't shake that pinned-down feeling. The only person who might understand is her big brother, Aldwin. Except he's more distant now than just the hundred miles where he's away at college. Something's been off with him for a couple of months, but only Lil seems to realize how important it is to get to him. As her court hearing ticks closer, a question looms over Lil as the missed phone calls and strange texts from her brother pile up: will she follow the rules until her sentencing, or put her future freedom on the line? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Elizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Poet X, which won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, the Pura Belpré Award, the…

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