Join us in celebrating NYT bestselling aut hor Elizabeth Acevedo as she discusses &\; signs her new book\, Ang er Is Only a Shadow.
\nThe Library and MahoganyBooks are deligh ted 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 c ost. Elizabeth wiil be in conversation with fellow phenomenal YA author\, Sabaa Tahir.
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\nABOUT THE BOOK: From National Book Award-winning\, \;New York Times-bestselli ng author and renowned poet Elizabeth Acevedo comes a white-knuckle journe y to self-understanding and doing the right thing\, no matter the cost. Li l is anything but small. She's rebellious\, she's loyal\; she's figuring o ut 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 ins tinct for freedom leads to another stay in D.C. juvenile detention\, Lil k nows 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 pi nned-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 phon e calls and strange texts from her brother pile up: will she follow the ru les until her sentencing\, or put her future freedom on the line?
\nABOUT THE AUTHOR: \;Elizabeth Acevedo \;is the&nb sp\;New York Times-bestselling author of \;The Poet X\, \;which wo n the National Book Award for Young People's Literature\, the Michael L. P rintz Award\, the Pura Belpré\; Award\, the Carnegie Medal\, the Bos ton Globe-Horn Book Award\, and the Walter Award. She is also the author o f \;With the Fire on High--which was named a best book of the year by the New York Public Library\, NPR\, \;Publishers Weekly\, and \;Sc hool Library Journal--and \;Clap When You Land\, which was a Boston Gl obe-Horn Book Honor book and a \;Kirkus \;Prize finalist. She hold s a BA in Performing Arts from The George Washington University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. Acevedo has been a f ellow of Cave Canem and Cantomundo\, and a participant in the Callaloo Wri ter's Workshops. She is a National Poetry Slam Champion\, and resides in W ashington\, DC\, with her family.
\nABOUT OUR MODERATOR: Sabaa Tahir \;is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the A n Ember in the Ashes series\, which has been translated into over thirty-f ive languages. She grew up in California&rsquo\;s Mojave Desert at her fam ily&rsquo\;s eighteen-room motel. There\, she spent her time devouring fan tasy novels\, raiding her brother&rsquo\;s comic book stash\, and playing guitar badly. She began writing An Ember in the Ashes while working nights as a newspaper editor. She likes thunderous indie rock\, garish socks\, a nd all things nerd.
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