Black enough : stories of being young & black in America
Print Book 2019 |
Available at 25 Libraries 27 of 33 copies |
Summary
Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today--Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it's like to be young and Black in America. A selection of the Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List.
Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson.
Black is...three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds.
Black is...Nic Stone's high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of.
Black is...two girls kissing in Justina Ireland's story set in Maryland.
Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and more--because there are countless ways to be Black enough.
Contributors:
Justina Ireland
Varian Johnson
Rita Williams-Garcia
Dhonielle Clayton
Kekla Magoon
Leah Henderson
Tochi Onyebuchi
Jason Reynolds
Nic Stone
Liara Tamani
Renée Watson
Tracey Baptiste
Coe Booth
Brandy Colbert
Jay Coles
Ibi Zoboi
Lamar Giles
Contents
Half a moon / Renée WatsonBlack enough / Varian Johnson
Warning : color may fade / Leah Henderson
Black. Nerd. Problems. / Lamar Giles
Out of the silence / Kekla Magoon
The ingredients / Jason Reynolds
Oreo / Brandy Colbert
Samson and the Delilahs / Tochi Onyebuchi
Stop playing / Liara Tamani
Wild horses, wild hearts / Jay Coles
Whoa! / Rita Williams-Garcia
Gravity / Tracey Baptiste
The trouble with drowning / Dhonielle Clayton
Kissing Sarah Smart / Justina Ireland
Hackathon summers / Coe Booth
Into the starlight / Nic Stone
The revolution of Nigeria Jones / Ibi Zoboi.
Published Reviews
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Additional Information
Subjects |
African American teenagers
-- Fiction.
Young adult fiction. Short stories. |
Publisher | New York, NY :2019 |
Edition | First edition. |
Contributors |
Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,
editor. |
Language |
English |
Description |
xiv, 400 pages ; 22 cm |
ISBN | 9780062698728 0062698729 9780062698735 0062698737 |
Other | Classic View |