We Are Not The Same with Sabrina Grimaldi

Date and Time

• Sunday, Jul 13, 2025  5pm - 6pm

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Date: Sunday, July 13
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Bright Side Bookshop
Admission: Free

Join us at Bright Side Bookshop for a special evening with Arizona journalist and editor Sabrina Grimaldi as she shares her debut novel, We Are Not The Same. This free event will include a reading, Q&A, and book signing.

About the Author:

Sabrina Grimaldi is a journalist, editor, and the founder of The Zillennial Zine, an internationally recognized online magazine created for and by the micro-generation between Millennials and Gen Z. After being let go from a digital publication in 2021, Sabrina transformed adversity into opportunity by launching her own platform—now a thriving hub with contributors from across the country, over 2 million monthly impressions, and features in CNN and USA Today.

Based in Arizona, Sabrina is also a freelance writer whose work regularly appears in The Arizona Daily Sun, Flag Live, Essential Magazines, and other local outlets. In addition to journalism, she is a passionate freelance book editor.

Sabrina is committed to mentorship and accessibility in media. Through The Zillennial Zine’s semester-long internship program, she helps emerging writers gain meaningful experience in writing, SEO, social media, and publication—empowering them to break into the journalism world with confidence and support.

About The Book:

Perfect for fans of The Summer of Broken Rules and You Have a Match, this sun-drenched coming-of-age story blends lighthearted summer fun with a heartfelt exploration of female friendships and personal identity.

Aspen has spent her life feeling like the average girl next door-until Henry. Dating him has given her a new spark, and this summer, she's ready to step out of her shell. When Henry invites her to spend the Fourth of July at his family's cabin in northern Arizona, she jumps at the chance. Small-town charm, new adventures, and meeting his closest friends? It all sounds

perfect. What she doesn't expect is Matilda-the girl who seems effortlessly at home in Henry's world, making Aspen question if she truly belongs in it at all or if she's simply falling short in a game she never agreed to play.

Matilda has spent every summer in Odell, where everything stays the same-the parades, the traditions, and most of all, Henry. For years, their will-they-won't-they dynamic has felt like a slow-burning certainty. This was supposed to be the summer it finally happened. But when Henry arrives with Aspen, Matilda isn't just forced to rethink her future with him-she's forced to rethink why she's spent so long believing she needed him in the first place.

As the town's annual parade marches on and sparklers burn to embers, Aspen and Matilda will have to decide if proving themselves is really worth losing themselves-or if there's more to their story than the boy between them.