Black Enough
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Short Stories, Collections & Anthologies
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Ibi Zoboi
Tracey Baptiste
Coe Booth
Dhonielle Clayton
Brandy Colbert
Jay Coles
Lamar Giles
Leah Henderson
Justina Ireland
Varian Johnson
Kekla Magoon
Tochi Onyebuchi
Jason Reynolds
Nic Stone
Liara Tamani
Renée Watson
Rita Williams-Garcia
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 IrelandVarian JohnsonRita Williams-GarciaDhonielle ClaytonKekla MagoonLeah HendersonTochi OnyebuchiJason ReynoldsNic StoneLiara TamaniRenée WatsonTracey BaptisteCoe BoothBrandy ColbertJay ColesIbi ZoboiLamar Giles
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Author
Ibi Zoboi
Pages
416
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2019-01-08
ISBN
0062698745 9780062698742
Ratings
Google: 5
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"Since this is an anthology, I'll also be rating the individual stories!!! As a whole I really, Really liked this!!!!! And I definitely plan on reading some more from certain authors in this!!!<br/><br/>Half A Moon by Renee Watson: 4 stars<br/><br/>Black Enough by Varian Johnson: 5 stars!!!<br/><br/>Warning: Color May Fade by Leah Henderson: 5 stars!!!<br/><br/>Black. Nerd. Problems. by Lamar Giles: 4 stars<br/><br/>Out Of The Silence by Kekla Magoon: 5 stars!!!<br/><br/>The Ingredients by Jason Reynolds: 4 stars<br/><br/>Oreo by Brandy Colbert: 5 stars!!!<br/><br/>Samson And The Delilahs by Tochi Onyebuchi: 5 stars!!!<br/><br/>Stop Playing by Liara Tamani: 2 stars, probably the story I liked the least out of all of them<br/><br/>Wild Horses, Wild Hearts by Jay Coles: 5 stars and probably my FAVORITE story out of all of them!!!<br/><br/>Whoa! by Rita Williams-Garcia: 4 stars<br/><br/>Gravity by Tracey Baptiste: 2 stars<br/><br/>The Trouble With Drowning by Dhonielle Clayton: 4 stars<br/><br/>Kissing Sarah Smart by Justina Ireland: 5 stars!!!<br/><br/>Hackathon Summers by Coe Booth: 4 stars<br/><br/>Into The Starlight by Nic Stone: 5 stars!!!<br/><br/>The (R)Evolution of Nigeria Jones: 5 stars!!!"
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