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In-Store: Signing Line & Meet-and-Greet with Ngozi Ukazu: Flip

Published: October 4, 2025; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa

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• RSVPs are encouraged but not required for this event.
• Additional copies of the books will be available for purchase in-store.
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The New York Times bestselling author Ngozi Ukazu returns with her first original graphic novel, a funny and heart-wrenching young adult story about a Black scholarship student who mysteriously switches bodies with her crush, a popular white jock. FLIP is Freaky Friday meets The Other Black Girl.

Come to our Smith location to meet Ngozi and get a signed copy of her new graphic novel!

Ngozi Ukazu is a New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author and the creator of Check, Please!, an online graphic novel whose printing campaign remains the most funded webcomics Kickstarter ever. Her other works include the young adult graphic novels Bunt! with artist Mad Rupert and Barda and Orion with DC Comics. She graduated from Yale University with a degree in Computing in the Arts and received an honorary MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies. She enjoys giving talks at colleges and all things fandom. Her cartoons regularly appear in The New Yorker.

Time: 4:00 pm EDT

Free!

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