![]() ![]() When did you realize you had to write Rise to the Sun? Johnson has crafted a text that manages to encompass grief, hope, trauma, love, anxiety, and everything else that comes with being human, in a novel that showcases the very best of what Young Adult writing can be.īelow, Leah Johnson gives advice on producing honest and uncondescending work for younger readers, discusses writing about Black girl magic, and shares her most unusual Google search. Told from multiple viewpoints, Rise to the Sun is the story of two girls who meet at a music festival and over the course of a single weekend, find themselves thrust into each other’s lives in unexpected, beautiful, and terrifying ways. This YA story is set in the same universe as Johnson’s acclaimed debut novel, You Should See Me in a Crown, recently made available in paperback. ![]() June’s feature is Leah Johnson and her highly anticipated sophomore novel, Rise to the Sun, which will be released on July 6th from Scholastic. Welcome to May We Present…, a column from Lambda Literary that highlights authors with recent or forthcoming publications. ![]() ![]() May We Present… Leah Johnson’s Rise to the Sun ![]()
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