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@tomi_adeyemi

Aug 8, 2018

@fiercereads

I’ve had to cancel some fall events due to health and book 2, so next time I hit the road will be in october for the @fiercereads fall tour!

To celebrate, I've teamed up with my fellow tour buddies to give away signed copies of all of our books! One lucky winner will get (1/?)

personalized and signed copies of:
- Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
- The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve Tucholke
- Check Please by Ngozi Ukazu
- Black Wings Beating by Alexander London
- Renegades by Marissa Meyer
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HOW TO ENTER
1. Follow me on Instagram.
2. Like this post.
3. Tag a friend in the comments of this post who you think would also like the chance to win.
4. Follow the other authors! Click on the image to see who I’ve tagged and then head over to their Instagram profile. (3/?)

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@tomi_adeyemi

Jul 12, 2018

4 officers just showed up on my doorstep.

they showed their badges and asked to speak to someone inside my house.

i instantly saw their guns.

when i asked if they had a warrant, an officer threatened to come back with a warrant and rip my door off its hinges.

(1/?)

when it was revealed that all they wanted was to see if someone inside had a phone contact that would help them with an investigation, I asked why the officer threatened a search warrant at all or to rip my door off its hinges.

the officer denied making either threat (2/?)

(and, yes—i have a video recording of him making both threats.)

when i tried to explain why four white men with badges and guns showing up on a black woman’s doorstep in 2018 was cause for extreme alarm, they said:

“this isn’t about race”

“I don’t see color”

(3/?)

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@tomi_adeyemi

Jun 19, 2018

When I was in sixth grade I had to testify in immigration court for my mom. I sat there on the stand—11 years old—trying to explain to a judge why I needed my mom to stay. When I realized the judge might actually take her away, I cried so hard I could no longer speak (1/?)

It was single handedly the worst experience of my life and in the end we were lucky.

She got to stay.

There are absolutely no words for the unspeakably horror trump and this government are inflicting on innocent immigrants and refugees. Families are being ripped apart. (2/?)

Children are being forced into cages and being put on suicide watch.

The kidlit community is coming together with a hope of raising $42k to fight this. Let’s get these families the legal help they need and fight to keep these innocent and young lives from being destroyed. (3/?)

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