black enough stories of being young and black in america

★ 'A breath of fresh air.nuanced and necessary.' - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ★ 'A poignant collection of stunning short stories by Black, rock star authors' - Booklist (starred review) (both cowritten with Jason Griffin) and Long Way Down, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. His many books include All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely) When I Was the Greatest The Boy in the Black Suit Stamped As Brave as You For Every One the Track series ( Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and Lu) Look Both Ways Stuntboy, in the Meantime Ain't Burned All the Bright (recipient of the Caldecott Honor) and My Name Is Jason. He was also the 2020-2022 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, a Kirkus Award winner, a UK Carnegie Medal winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, an Odyssey Award Winner and two-time honoree, the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors, and the Margaret A. A selection of the Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List.īlack is.sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson.īlack is.three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds.īlack is.Nic Stone's high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of.īlack is.two girls kissing in Justina Ireland's story set in Maryland.īlack 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, 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 enough stories of being young and black in america