{"product_id":"youre-no-better-event-with-andrew-joseph-white","title":"You're No Better Event with Andrew Joseph White","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoin us October 30th at 6:30pm at As You Are Cafe (Upstairs) for an author conversation, Q\u0026amp;A, and signing with Andrew Joseph White discussing his new book You're No Better!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePre-Order \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/littledistrictbooks.com\/products\/youre-no-better-deluxe-limited-edition-a-novel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eYou're No Better\u003c\/a\u003e and register your pre-order \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/forms.walkerbooksgroup.com\/view.php?id=16645\u0026amp;utm_campaign=feed\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_source=later-linkinbio\u0026amp;utm_content=link_in_bio\u0026amp;fbclid=PAcGRvZgJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA85MzY2MTk3NDMzOTI0NTkAAaflT9s2j2zNLHkTO8tjclwU0OtNqHHQg2s5TQvMflm2e8wnXYPkPzjuWS2eaw_aem_kAmaQw01LteHWlEBngGyBw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eHERE\u003c\/a\u003e to receive free swag!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMorgan 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesperately, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForced 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 . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou’re No Better\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAndrew Joseph White is the bestselling author of \u003cem class=\"x-el x-el-span c1-1x c1-1y c1-b c1-8r c1-4e c1-29 c1-8s c1-8t\"\u003eHell Followed With Us, You Weren't Meant to Be Human, \u003c\/em\u003eand more\u003cem class=\"x-el x-el-span c1-1x c1-1y c1-b c1-8r c1-4e c1-29 c1-8s c1-8t\"\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eBorn 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 cranky cat. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACCESSIBILITY INFO\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe event will be taking place on the second floor of As You Are and is only accessible via stairs. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little District Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48174953005207,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/0349\/4039\/files\/You_re_No_Better_Event_at_LDB_1.png?v=1787886292","url":"https:\/\/littledistrictbooks.com\/products\/youre-no-better-event-with-andrew-joseph-white","provider":"Little District Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}