Synopsis

Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi and featuring some of the most acclaimed best-selling 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 of whom her momma would never approve.

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 Ireland
  • Varian Johnson
  • Rita Williams-Garcia
  • Dhonielle Clayton
  • Kekla Magoon
  • Leah Henderson
  • Tochi Onyebuchi
  • Jason Reynolds
  • Nic Stone
  • Liara Tamani
  • Renée Watson
  • Tracey Baptiste
  • Coe Booth
  • Brandy Colbert
  • Jay Coles
  • Ibi Zoboi
  • Lamar Giles

Release date: January 7, 2020

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Print pages: 416

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