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LOUDER THAN WORDS\xa0is an amazing collaboration that brings together two inspirational Black artists,\xa0New York Times\xa0bestselling author\xa0Ashley Woodfolk\xa0and actress\xa0Lexi Underwood, for a story about\xa0the transformative power of art as protest\xa0and its capacity to change the world.\xa0When Jordyn Jones transfers to Edgewood High, it\u2019s her opportunity to forget everything that happened at her old school. To forget what she and her friends did. To forget who she used to be. That was a different person\u2014this is a fresh start. Now she\u2019s someone new, someone better. Except it\u2019s the very first day of school, and somehow everyone already seems to know who she is. But Jordyn soon finds a group of friends, and she even starts talking to Izaiah, a soccer star who shares her love of art. Life is good. That\u2019s until an anonymous podcast called Tomcat Tea begins revealing humiliating secrets about Edgewood students, ruining their reputations and in some cases their futures. Jordyn and her friends know they have to do something\u2014and this is Jordyn\u2019s chance to prove to herself that she\u2019s changed. Jordyn\u2019s plan to take down the podcast throws her into the spotlight, and as the momentum builds, so do the risks\u2014 because Jordyn has a secret of her own, one that could ruin everything . . . and that a mysterious harasser online is threatening to expose.\xa0\xa0In an author letter, Ashley and Lexi say that\xa0LOUDER THAN WORDS\xa0\u201ctackles the complexities of being human by examining the choices and mistakes we all make, the forgiveness we all need, and the redemption we all deserve.\u201d They go on to share, \u201cWe hope this novel will show readers that\xa0no matter who they are\xa0or what they\u2019ve done, there is always time to change and space to heal.\u201d

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