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Title:

Black enough : stories of being young & Black in America / edited by Ibi Zoboi.

Publisher:

Balzer + Bray,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 400 pages)

Subject:

Electronic books.
Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Short stories.
Short stories.

Other Authors:

Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, editor.

Contents:

Half a moon / Renée Watson -- Black 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 (r)evolution of Nigeria Jones / Ibi Zoboi.

Summary:

Collects seventeen stories that detail what it's like to be young and black in a diverse America. "In these stories, black kids are nerds and geeks, gay and lesbian, first-gen and immigrants, outdoorsy and artists, conflicted and confused, grieving and succeeding, thriving and surviving--in short, they're fully human."

Indexed by:

Booklist Starred Reviews, 11/1/2018
Horn Book Guide, 10/2019
Kirkus Reviews Starred, 11/1/2018
Publishers Weekly Starred, 10/22/2018
School Library Journal, 11/2018

ISBN:

0062698745
9780062698742

Locations:

0YSX353 -- Hampton-Dumont High School (Hampton)