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Launch of Neal Shusterman’s Latest Thrilling Title

Published: March 22, 2025; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa

We are thrilled to announce that we are the NYC stop for the launch of All Better Now, the newest YA title by NY Times Neil Shusterman!

Important:

• Neal will give a talk about All Better Now, followed by an audience Q&A, and book signing.
• If you would like to purchase a backlist title to be signed by Neal, you are required to purchase a copy of All Better Now. Can’t make it to the event? Pre-order your copy here!
• While photos during the presentation are allowed, individual photos with Neal will not be permitted.
• The signing line will be kept socially distanced, with a facilitator bringing the books to Neal and back.
• Anybody who wishes to directly interact with Neal must be masked.
• If you have been exposed to any illness or have any symptoms, please do not interact directly with Neal.

About the book:

A deadly and unprecedented virus is spreading. But those who survive it experience long-term effects no one has ever seen before: utter contentment. Soon after infection, people find the stress, depression, greed, and other negative feelings that used to weigh them down are gone.

More and more people begin to revel in the mass unburdening. But not everyone. People in power—who depend on malcontents and prey on the insecure to sell their products, and convince others they need more, new, faster, better everything — know this new state of being is bad for business. Surely, without anger or jealousy as motivators, productivity will grind to a halt and the world will be thrown into chaos. Campaigns start up to convince people that being eternally happy is dangerous. The race to find a vaccine begins. Meanwhile, a growing movement of Recoverees plans ways to spread the virus as fast as they can, in the name of saving the world.

It’s nearly impossible to determine the truth when everyone with a platform is pushing their agenda. Three teens from very different backgrounds who’ve had their lives upended in very different ways find themselves at the center of a power play that could change humanity forever.

Neil Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty award-winning books for children, teens, and adults, including the Unwind dystology, the Skinjacker trilogy, Downsiders, and Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award. Scythe, the first book in his series Arc of a Scythe is a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. He also writes screenplays for motion pictures and television shows. Neal is the father of four, all of whom are talented writers and artists themselves. Visit Neal at StoryMan.com and Facebook.com/NealShusterman.

Time: 6:00-7:00 pm EST

Free!

Registration

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