Andrew Joseph White Launch Event: YOU'RE NO BETTER
Featured Book
You're No Better (Deluxe Limited Edition) - A Novel
Morgan Slaughter, a seventeen-year-old trans boy with autism, put his serial killer father in prison years ago. Despite that, everyone thinks Morgan will grow up to be just like his dad: including his volatile mother, the documentary crew following their family, and maybe himself.
Desperately, Morgan latches onto his father's final victim--the only one who was never identified--hoping that if he unravels the mystery, he'll finally prove he's better than the man who hurt him. But this puts Morgan in the crosshairs of classmate Felicity Keating, who knows the truth about Morgan's childhood--that he wasn't just a witness to his father's brutality, he was an accomplice. And if he doesn't let them help with his investigation? They'll tell everyone.
Forced to confront his past, Morgan's ugly but carefully controlled world unravels. The film crew is manipulative. His mother's temper spirals into malice, then violence. And Morgan and Felicity may be more tightly intertwined than either of them can stomach . . .
You're No Better is a gritty and unapologetic coming-of-age suspense about teens who grew up surrounded by cruelty and are clawing their way to adulthood the only way they know how.
This book will be available for purchase at the event.
About This Event
Join us for Andrew Joseph White's launch event of his brand new YA thriller release You're No Better! Andrew will be in conversation with bookseller and indie author Alice Scott for the evening.
Books will be available for purchase during the event and a signing will follow the discussion. Registration required with Reston Library.
Featured Authors
Andrew Joseph White
Andrew Joseph White is the trans, autistic, and bestselling author of Hell Followed With Us, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, and Compound Fracture. Born and raised in the Shenandoah Valley, he received his MFA in creative writing from George Mason University and lives in Virginia with his wife and their antisocial cat. Learn more at AndrewJosephWhite.com.
Alice Scott
Alice Scott (she/they) is the author of several short stories and two chapbooks: The Practical Man's Guide to Cheating Death and a collection of short stories You Are Not Your Bones and Lesser Misfortunes. They also have a story published in Reverent: An Anthology of Divinity edited by Quinton Li.
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