Author at the Library, Author Talks, Online, YA Author Talk: Author Talk with Jas Hammonds
Location
This event will take place over Google Meet. In collaboration with the New York Public Library, join award-winning YA author Jas Hammonds, writer of the 2023 Coretta Scott King winner We Deserve Monuments, as they discuss their latest book, Thirsty, with Mekisha Telfer, editor at Roaring Brook Press.
Although not required to attend the program, you can place a hold on Jas Hammonds' books here with your Library card!
Advanced registration is required. The link to the virtual event will be sent one day in advance. Attendees must have a valid email address and a device with an Internet connection and audio and/or video capabilities. Public participation in the talk is optional.
Book Description:
It’s the summer before college and eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner and her girlfriend, Ella, have one goal: join the mysterious and exclusive Serena Society. The sorority promises status and lifelong connections to a network of powerful, trailblazing women of color. Ella’s acceptance is a sure thing—she’s the daughter of a Serena alum. Blake, however, has a lot more to prove.
As a former loner from a working-class background, Blake lacks Ella’s pedigree and confidence. Luckily, she finds courage at the bottom of a liquor bottle. When she drinks, she’s bold, funny, and unstoppable—and the Serenas love it. But as pledging intensifies, so does Blake’s drinking, until it’s seeping into every corner of her life. Ella assures Blake that she’s fine; partying hard is what it takes to make the cut . . .
But success has never felt so much like drowning. With her future hanging in the balance and her past dragging her down, Blake must decide how far she’s willing to go to achieve her glittering dreams of success—and how much of herself she’s willing to lose in the process.
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