Name: Abby White - D.J. Rosenblum Becomes the G.O.A.T.
Start: 2025-08-20T18:00:00-05:00
Location: 399 N Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO, United States, Missouri 63108

Abby White - D.J. Rosenblum Becomes the G.O.A.T.
Presented by Left Bank Books & the Left Bank Books Foundation
Join us to help celebrate Abby White's debut YA novel D.J. Rosenblum Becomes the G.O.A.T. With our hero D.J. Rosenblum moving to a new town and leaving her world behind, now she is going to solve the mystery of her cousin's death.
“It’s such a fun read! . . . Looking for Alaska + You Are So Not Invited to my Bat Mitzvah [is] about right!” —— Rick Riordan, #1 New York Times-Bestselling Author and Abby’s Childhood Hero
White will personalize and sign copies after the presentation! Personalized and signed copies will be available to be mailed anywhere in the country. For personalized copies, please order before noon on August 20th.
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About the Speaker
Abby White began to write as a child in Shaker Heights, OH, and never managed to put down her pen. She studied creative writing and American studies at Columbia University and is now an MFA candidate at the University of Nevada, Reno. Abby loves books, baking, LeBron James, and elephants-so much that she's willing to break an alliteration for them. Today, she lives in Washington, DC, with an extraordinary community of friends. D.J. Rosenblum Becomes the G.O.A.T. is her YA debut.
About D.J. Rosenblum Becomes the G.O.A.T.
WHERE: Middle Woods, Briar, Ohio
VICTIM: Rachel Simon
HERO: D.J. Rosenblum
VILLAINS:
It's the beginning of the school year--and Briar's newest resident, D.J. Rosenblum, is not here for it. Ever since her cousin Rachel died, D.J.'s family has been a mess: Her aunt and uncle are catatonic. Her mom is even more scatterbrained than usual. She had to postpone her bat mitzvah a whole year. Worst of all, she and her mom had to move--leaving her best friend, Eva, behind.
Briar does have one redeeming factor, though: Here, in Rachel's hometown, D.J. can finally get to the bottom of her cousin's death. With the help of a chatty journalist and a queen-bee hacker, D.J. can fill in the last days of Rachel's life. And if she can just figure out her Torah portion--with help from her cute tutor, Jonah--maybe, just maybe, she'll be able to solve a bigger mystery.
For fans of Looking for Alaska and Never Have I Ever comes Abby White's debut novel , D.J. Rosenblum Becomes the G.O.A.T. It's a basket of matzo ball soup dumplings for anyone learning to chart their own path, navigate new friendships and crushes, and figure out how to love--and live--after loss.