Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America - Hardcover

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

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062698729 ISBN 13: 9780062698728

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2019

Synopsis

A tour-de-force collection of stories about the black experience, by award-winning, bestselling, and emerging African American YA authors.

Black is...two sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson.

Black is...Jason Reynolds writing about three guys walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything.

Black is...Nic Stone’s bougie debutante 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.

Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, this is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it’s like to be young and black in America.

About this title

Review:

Praise for AMERICAN STREET: “Mixing gritty street life with the tenderness of first love, Haitian Vodou, and family bonds, the book is at once chilling, evocative, and reaffirming.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

Praise for AMERICAN STREET: “Filling her pages with magic, humanity, tragedy, and hope, Zoboi builds up, takes apart, and then rebuilds an unforgettable story. This book will take root in readers’ hearts.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))

Praise for AMERICAN STREET: “Zoboi urges us to examine the American dream to see if there is room within it to hold the ones we love.” (Ebony Magazine)

Praise for AMERICAN STREET: “Zoboi’s stunning debut intertwines mysticism and love with grit and violence...Fierce and beautiful.” (Booklist (starred review))

Praise for AMERICAN STREET: “Will reach young readers regardless of their background.” (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)

Praise for AMERICAN STREET: “A breathtaking story about contemporary America that will serve as a mirror to some and a window for others, and it will stay with anyone who reads it.” (School Library Journal (starred review))

Praise for AMERICAN STREET: “A poignant meditation on one girl’s struggle to find her way in a new world.” (Nicola Yoon, New York Times bestselling author of The Sun is Also a Star and Everything, Everything)

Praise for AMERICAN STREET: “Brimming with culture, magic, warmth, and unabashed rawness, “American Street” is ultimately a blistering tale of humanity. This is “Manchild in the Promised Land,” for a new generation, and a remarkable debut from Zoboi, who without question is an inevitable force in storytelling.” (Jason Reynolds, award-winning co-author of All American Boys)

Praise for AMERICAN STREET: “Zoboi’s nascent storytelling gifts ensnare from page one. To this spellbinding voice of the next generation, I bow.” (Rita Williams-Garcia, New York Times bestselling author and three-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award)

About the Author:

Ibi Zoboi was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and holds an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her writing has been published in The New York Times Book Review, The Horn Book, and The Rumpus, among others. She is the author of American Street, a National Book Award finalist, and Pride. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their three children. You can find her online at www.ibizoboi.net.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0062698729
• ISBN 13: 9780062698728
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416