SLCL Presents #1 Bestselling YA Author Nicola Yoon Presents First Adult Novel

St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Favorite Author Series and The Novel Neighbor present #1 bestselling young adult author Nicola Yoon for her first novel for an adult audience, “One of Our Kind.”

The event will take place on Thursday, June 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Clark Family Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131.

The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event from The Novel Neighbor.

Nicola Yoon presents her hotly-anticipated and endlessly provocative new thriller of race and privilege set in an all-Black gated community. 

Jasmyn and King Williams move their family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California hoping to find a community of like-minded people, a place where their growing family can thrive. King settles in at once, embracing the Liberty ethos, including the luxe wellness center at the top of the hill, which proves to be the heart of the community. But Jasmyn struggles to find her place. She expected to find liberals and social justice activists striving for racial equality, but Liberty residents seem more focused on booking spa treatments and ignoring the world’s troubles. 

Jasmyn’s only friends in the community are equally perplexed and frustrated by most residents’ outlook. Then Jasmyn discovers a terrible secret about Liberty and its founders. Frustration turns to dread as their loved ones start embracing the Liberty way of life. 

Thrilling with insightful social commentary, “One of Our Kind” explores the ways in which freedom is complicated by the presumptions we make about ourselves and each other.

NICOLA YOON is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of “Instructions for Dancing”; “Everything, Everything”; and “The Sun Is Also a Star,” and is a coauthor of “Blackout.” She is a National Book Award finalist, a Michael L. Printz Award recipient, a Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe New Talent Award winner and the first Black woman to hit #1 on the New York Times Young Adult bestseller list. Two of her novels have been made into major motion pictures. She’s also the co-publisher of Joy Revolution, a Random House young adult imprint dedicated to love stories starring people of color. 

Program sites are accessible. With at least two weeks' notice, accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities. Call 314-994-3300 or contact us.