[PREORDER] Anger Is Only a Shadow

[PREORDER] Anger Is Only a ShadowRelease Date: September 15, 2026 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. Shes 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

a decade ago

Nothing and no one are quite what they seem to be-not even Deka herself

and over the course of the novel

They built a happy life in Los Angeles

and milestones

After discovering the source of the disease killing peach and apricot trees

one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape

raucous adventures as a member of The Commodores

A dedicated journalist unearths a generations-old family secret—and a connection to a string of missing girls that hits way too close to home—in this “nail-biting debut” (Booklist)

strikingly illustrated in a distinctive

must-read of a trauma-infused borderline thriller is packed with emotional breadth

Having spent a ground-breaking career studying the racialization