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SUMMARY:We Deserve Monuments with Jas Hammonds and Ebony LaDelle
LOCATION:Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library\nMt. Pleasant Neighborhood Libr
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DESCRIPTION:An evening to celebrate the debut novel\, We Deserve Monuments
 \, by Jas Hammonds and hear a conversation about Young Adult literature an
 d storytelling.\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/7399360
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>*This event will stream on the library's <
 a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzMrxzeemSk" target="_blank" rel="
 noopener" title="DC Public Library youtube">Youtube page</a>! Join us onli
 ne or in person*</p>\n<p>Please join us for a book release celebration and
  author talk presented by Loyalty Books and DC Public Library! Jas Hammond
 s will discuss their debut novel\,&nbsp\;<em>We Deserve Monuments</em>\, w
 ith storyteller Ebony LaDelle.&nbsp\;Bring your friends to the Mt. Pleasan
 t Neighborhood Library branch for a special conversation about the new YA 
 novel and a reminder of the power of young adult literature for all reader
 s.&nbsp\;Copies of the book will be available for sale at the event and ca
 n be preordered at the <a href="https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/monument
 s">Loyalty Books website</a>.</p>\n<p><span style="text-decoration: underl
 ine\;"><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK:</strong></span></p>\n<p><em>Family secrets\
 , a swoon-worthy romance\, and a slow-burn mystery collide in&nbsp\;We Des
 erve Monuments\, a YA debut from Jas Hammonds that explores how racial vio
 lence can ripple down through generations.</em></p>\n<p>Seventeen-year-old
  Avery Anderson is convinced her senior year is ruined when she's uprooted
  from her life in DC and forced into the hostile home of her terminally il
 l grandmother\, Mama Letty. The tension between Avery&rsquo\;s mom and Mam
 a Letty makes for a frosty arrival and unearths past drama they refuse to 
 talk about. Every time Avery tries to look deeper\, she&rsquo\;s turned aw
 ay\, leaving her desperate to learn the secrets that split her family in t
 wo.</p>\n<p>While tempers flare in her avoidant family\, Avery finds frien
 dship in unexpected places: in Simone Cole\, her captivating next-door nei
 ghbor\, and Jade Oliver\, daughter of the town&rsquo\;s most prominent fam
 ily&mdash\;whose mother&rsquo\;s murder remains unsolved.</p>\n<p>As the t
 hree girls grow closer&mdash\;Avery and Simone&rsquo\;s friendship blossom
 ing into romance&mdash\;the sharp-edged opinions of their small southern t
 own begin to hint at something insidious underneath. The racist history of
  Bardell\, Georgia is rooted in Avery&rsquo\;s family in ways she can&rsqu
 o\;t even imagine. With Mama Letty's health dwindling every day\, Avery mu
 st decide if digging for the truth is worth toppling the delicate relation
 ships she's built in Bardell&mdash\;or if some things are better left buri
 ed.</p>\n<p><span style="text-decoration: underline\;"><strong>ABOUT THE A
 UTHOR:</strong></span></p>\n<p>Jas Hammonds&nbsp\;was raised in many citie
 s and in-between the pages of many books. They have received support for t
 heir writing from Lambda Literary\, Sundress Academy of the Arts\, and the
  Highlights Foundation. They are also a grateful recipient of a MacDowell 
 James Baldwin Fellowship.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><br /><span style="text-decoratio
 n: underline\;"><strong>ABOUT THE IN CONVERSATION PARTNER:</strong></span>
 </p>\n<p>Ebony LaDelle&nbsp\;is a marketing pusher by day\, storyteller by
  night. Born in Michigan\, awoken at Howard University\, and cultivated in
  Brooklyn\, Ebony can usually be found searching for her next live concert
 \, scouting out the latest food craze to try\, or being the undisputed Mom
  Friend of any group. She cohosted Why Not YA?\, a @Belletrist and @EpicRe
 ads monthly video series where she interviewed authors in the young adult 
 space. You can visit her online at EbonyLaDelle.com and follow her on soci
 al @EbonyLaDelle.</p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/739936
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