Just Shine! | An Evening with Sonia Sotomayor

Schedule

Fri Sep 19 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

1330 Miller Dr | Coral Gables, FL

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Books & Books presents an evening with Sonia Sotomayor in celebration of her new children’s book: JUST SHINE!
About this Event

Books & Books and the University of Miami invite you to an evening with Sonia Sotomayor as she presents her new children’s book, Just Shine!: How to Be a Better You (Philomel Books, $18.99).
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?

Ticket Guidelines:

General Admission is $10 (plus tax) per person. To include a copy of the book with your ticket, please select the designated option at checkout.

Please note: Attendees must have a copy of Just Shine! or ¡Solo brilla! to enter the signing line. All of the Justice's books will also be available for purchase at the event. Pre-purchased books will be distributed upon entry.


About the Book:

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.


About the Author:

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.


***This event will be held at University of Miami's Shalala Student Center (1330 Miller Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146)

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1330 Miller Dr, 1330 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, United States

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