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Published
Sep 15, 2026
Publisher
Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins
Subgenre
Contemporary
Format
Verse & prose: part of the story is told in prose
Section
Young Adult
Verse & prose

Anger Is Only a Shadow

On probation and wearing an ankle monitor after time in D.C. juvenile detention, Lil feels pulled to go to her older brother Aldwin when he starts acting strangely at college a hundred miles away, even if it breaks the terms of her release.