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

Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, (editor.). Watson, Rene̹e. Half a Moon. (Added Author). Johnson, Varian. Black enough. (Added Author). Henderson, Leah. Warning, color may fade. (Added Author). Giles, Lamar, 1979- Black. Nerd. Problems. (Added Author). Magoon, Kekla. Out of the silence. (Added Author). Reynolds, Jason. Ingredients. (Added Author). Colbert, Brandy. Oreo. (Added Author). Onyebuchi, Tochi. Samson and the Delilahs. (Added Author). Tamani, Liara. Stop playing. (Added Author). Coles, Jay. Wild horses, wild hearts. (Added Author). Williams-Garcia, Rita, (author.). Baptiste, Tracey, (author.). Clayton, Dhonielle, (author.). Ireland, Justina, (author.). Booth, Coe, (author.). Stone, Nic, (author.). Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, (author.).

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A collection of short stories explore what it is like to be young and black, centering on the experiences of black teenagers and emphasizing that one person's experiences, reality, and personal identity are different than someone else.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062698728
  • ISBN: 0062698729
  • ISBN: 0062698737
  • ISBN: 9780062698735
  • Physical Description: xiv, 400 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]

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Formatted Contents Note:
Half a Moon / Renée Watson -- Black enough / Varian Johnson -- Warning, color may fade / Leah Henderson -- Black. Nerd. Problems / L. R Giles -- Out of the silence / Kekla Magoon -- Ingredients / Jason Reynolds -- Oreo / Brandy Colbert -- Samson and the Delilahs / Tochi Onyebuchi -- Stop playing / Liara Tamani -- Wild horses, wild hearts / Jay Coles.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.1 14 505842.

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Subject: Teenagers, Black > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Short stories.

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  • 15 of 15 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Scenic Regional.

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Black Enough : Stories of Being Young and Black in America
Black Enough : Stories of Being Young and Black in America
by Zoboi, Ibi; Baptiste, Tracey; Booth, Coe; Clayton, Dhonielle; Colbert, Brandy; Coles, Jay; Giles, Lamar; Henderson, Leah; Ireland, Justina; Johnson, Varian; Magoon, Kekla; Onyebuchi, Tochi; Reynolds, Jason; Stone, Nic; Tamani, Liara; Watson, Renée; Williams-Garcia, Rita
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Black Enough : Stories of Being Young and Black in America


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
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