Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

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SKU: 9780062698728 Category:
Author: 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
Publication Date: 01/08/2019
Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Binding: Hardcover
Media: Book
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Description

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.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 IrelandVarian JohnsonRita Williams-GarciaDhonielle ClaytonKekla MagoonLeah HendersonTochi OnyebuchiJason ReynoldsNic StoneLiara TamaniRenée WatsonTracey BaptisteCoe BoothBrandy ColbertJay ColesIbi ZoboiLamar Giles