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In their new YA novel, Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal tell the story of a cheerleading squad whose white captain convinces them to take a knee to protest injustice — and the backlash that follows.
Image zoom | Credit: Sourcebooks When I'm Not Dying With You Tonight hit shelves in 2019, it became an instant phenomenon. And when the events of last spring launched a racial reckoning across the country, the NAACP Image Award-nominated YA novel — and its authors — became a bigger, and even more vital, sensation. Now Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal are reuniting to release their next book, Why We Fly, on Oct. 5 — and EW has a first look. As is evident from the cover, ...