NAACP Image Award nominee Khadijah VanBrakle (center) celebrated the launch of her YA novel My Perfect Family (Holiday House) at her local indie, Page 1 Books in Albuquerque, N.Mex. The packed audience included fellow local authors Laurel Goodluck, Daniela Ramirez, Marti Johns, Susan Metallo, Zacha Marwan, and Kit Rosewater.
