MY NEIGHBORHOOD, follows two brothers on a journey through their inner-city to visit the barbershop skateboard in the park, pick up lessons on the chessboard, and ultimately embrace the bustling energy of the people and places that make their neighborhood feel like home, illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu, to Ann Kelley at Random House Studio, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2026, by Ariana Phillips at Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency for the author, and by Jessica Saint Jean at Jill Grinberg Literary Management for the illustrator (world).