#bookmail from @penguinrandomhouse and the @getunderlined team! * A bit of buzz has surrounded this book as it discusses the American justice system and Black America. I can’t wait to read this novel. It comes out July 1st and I definitely am planning a July online buddy read and review! * How can you support authors, booksellers and small businesses in uncertain times? * 1. Join #teampreorder (follow the link in @kcjohnsonwrites profile for book!) * 2. Participate in virtual book tours and share reviews of your favorite authors * 3. Buy gift cards from your favorite local businesses * 4. Some bookstores and coffee shops are doing pick up, if you’re healthy and still want your fix coordinate with your local business (@hit up @caprichosbooks and @coffeecoffeebelair )! * * * Synopsis: * The Hate U Give meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting first novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system. * Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. After seven years, Tracy is running out of time–her dad has only 267 days left. Then the unthinkable happens. The police arrive in the night, and Tracy’s older brother, Jamal, goes from being a bright, promising track star to a “thug” on the run, accused of killing a white girl. Determined to save her brother, Tracy investigates what really happened between Jamal and Angela down at the Pike. But will Tracy and her family survive the uncovering of the skeletons of their Texas town’s racist history that still haunt the present? * * * #bookstagram #diversifybookstagram #chasingadventuresbookclub #ownvoices #blacklivesmatter #supportsmallbusiness #quarantine (at Home Sweet Home) https://www.instagram.com/p/B935tOeAFjx/?igshid=1984us6xir9tv