Name: Sonia Sotomayor | Just Shine!
Start: 2025-09-16T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-16T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Parkway Central Library

Justice Sonia Sotomayor comes to the Free Library of Philadelphia to share her new book, "Just Shine!" Join us for this special event.
About this Event

The Author Events Series presents Sonia Sotomayor | Just Shine!

Montgomery Auditorium is now sold out, but tickets are still available for a live simulcast screening in a separate room at the Parkway Central Library.

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Just Ask! comes a sweet and powerful story about being true to yourself and shining your brightest. How will you help people shine?

There once was a little girl who grew up in Puerto Rico with an incredible ability—she was able to make everyone around her shine. She listened, she understood, she worked hard, and she brought out the beauty in each person she met.

In a story inspired by her mother’s ability to help people see their own brilliance, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor shows readers how helping others shine makes the whole world brighter.

With art by award-winning illustrator Jacqueline Alcántara, Just Shine will help readers find their own inner glow—and recognize that glow in those around them.

Sonia Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, New York. She earned a BA from Princeton University and a JD from Yale Law School. She served as assistant district attorney in New York County, and then as a litigator at Pavia & Harcourt. In 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated her to the US District Court, Southern District of New York. In 1997, President William Jefferson Clinton nominated her to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. President Barack Obama nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 26, 2009, and she assumed this role August 8, 2009, becoming the first Latina to serve in this position. She is the author of My Beloved World, Turning Pages, The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor, Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You, and Just Help! How to Build a Better World.

Event Guidelines:

Attendees may pre-submit questions prior to the event. Submit your questions here.
In order to enter the signing line, people must have a copy of either Just Shine or Solo Brilla whether purchased on-site or from another source. In addition, the Justice will sign any of her other authored books.
The line will NOT involve photographs, personalizations, or signing memorabilia.

Additional books will be available for purchase at the library on event night!

All tickets are non-refundable.

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