Helena Haywoode Henry at Quail Ridge Books
- When: Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 6:00 pm
- Location: 4209-100 Lassiter Mill Road, Raleigh, NC 27609
- Cost: Free with RSVP (Entry not guaranteed). $25.82 per ticket.
Helena will be in conversation with Kwame Mbalia and will sign books after the program.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Squid Game meets Dear Justyce in an explosive young adult novel about a teenage girl on death row who competes on a reality show in hopes of winning her freedom.
Last Chance Live! is the most popular reality show in America—and eighteen-year-old death row inmate Eternity Price’s last chance to live. Getting cast on the show could win her clemency preventing her execution… if she can convince the viewing audience she deserves a second chance. The catch? If America doesn’t vote for her, she loses the chance to appeal her sentence, and she’ll be executed within a week of being eliminated from the show. And since Eternity’s been unpopular her whole life, she’s terrified America won’t pick her. But any chance of getting out of prison and back to her little brother Sincere, no matter how slim, is better than rotting away in her cell.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR & MODERATOR
HELENA HAYWOODE HENRY is a mom of three and a former attorney living in the Raleigh-Durham area. Helena graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and from NYU School of Law. Last Chance Live! is her first novel.
KWAME MBALIA is a New York Times best-selling author and the publisher of Freedom Fire, an imprint of Disney Hyperion devoted to stories about the Black diaspora by Black creators. His debut middle-grade novel, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, was awarded a Coretta Scott King Author Honor, and it was followed by Tristan Strong Destroys the World and Tristan Strong Keeps Punching. Kwame lives with his wife and children outside Raleigh where he is currently working on the next Jax Freeman adventure.
- Website: quailridgebooks.com
- Contact Phone: 919-828-1588
- Category: Family Fun, Library Programs
Recommended for ages 12 and up; Grades 7 and up.
Let us know if you plan to attend! This does not guarantee event entry, a seat, or an available book to purchase. While this event is free to attend, it is first come, first served for those without paid tickets. Purchase tickets on the website. Purchased ticket includes a copy of Last Chance Live!, guaranteed entry to the event, and a seat in the reserved section.
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