| Contents |
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 -- 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. |
| Summary |
Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and more--because there are countless way to be Black enough. Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi and featuring some of the most acclaimed, bestselling Black authors writing for teens today, this is an essential collection of captivating coming-of-age stories about what it's like to be young and Black in America. |
| Audience |
14-19 Brodart. |
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9-12 Brodart. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
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African American teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.
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American fiction -- African American authors.
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Short stories, American.
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Teenagers, Black -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Genre |
Short stories.
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Young adult fiction.
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| Add'l Names |
Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, editor.
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| Includes |
Watson, Renée.
Half a Moon,
author.
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Johnson, Varian.
Black enough,
author.
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Henderson, Leah.
Warning, color may fade,
author.
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Giles, Lamar, 1979-
Black. Nerd. Problems,
author.
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Magoon, Kekla.
Out of the silence,
author.
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Reynolds, Jason.
Ingredients,
author.
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Colbert, Brandy.
Oreo,
author.
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Onyebuchi, Tochi.
Samson and the Delilahs,
author.
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Tamani, Liara.
Stop playing,
author.
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Coles, Jay.
Wild horses, wild hearts,
author.
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Williams-Garcia, Rita.
Whoa,
author.
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Baptiste, Tracey.
Gravity,
author.
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Clayton, Dhonielle.
Trouble with drowning,
author.
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Ireland, Justina.
Kissing Sarah Smart,
author.
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Booth, Coe.
Hackathon summers,
author.
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Stone, Nic.
Into the starlight,
author.
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Zoboi, Ibi Aanu.
Revolution of Nigeria Jones,
author.
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| Other title |
Stories of being young and black in America |
| ISBN |
9780062698728
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0062698729
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