Anger Is Only a Shadow by Elizabeth Acevedo
She’s back! After a several-year hiatus, Acevedo returns to YA, and it’s a good one.
Lil always seeks freedom, and she’s not afraid to admit to being a little rebellious. Currently on probation through a DC juvenile detention facility and wearing an ankle monitor, Lil feels the weight of other people’s opinions on her–just as much as she feels guilt and worry over the one person in her life who she thinks could understand her: Aldwin, her older brother.
Away at college, Aldwin has felt distant, and his behavior has felt erratic to Lil. She knows the risks of breaking her probation agreement–and the importance of an upcoming court date–but Lil has to find out what’s going on with her big brother. Does she follow the rules or does she break them, knowing her brother’s life might be on the line? —Kelly Jensen