Black boy joy / edited by Kwame Mbalia ; stories by: B.B. Alston [and 16 others].
From seventeen acclaimed Black male and nonbinary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.
Record details
- ISBN: 0593379934
- ISBN: 9780593379936
- ISBN: 9780593379943
- Physical Description: 296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Griot of Grover Street: part one / by Kwame Mbalia -- There's going to be a fight in the cafeteria on Friday and you better not bring Batman / by Lamar Giles -- "The McCoy game" / by B. B. Alston -- Legendary Lawrence Cobbler / by Julian Winters -- First-day fly / by Jason Reynolds -- Got me a jet pack / by Don P. Hooper -- Extinct / by Dean Atta -- Epic venture / by Jay Coles -- Definition of cool / by Varian Johnson -- Griot of Grover Street: part two / by Kwame Mbalia -- Five thousand light-years to home / by Suyi Davies Okungbowa -- Coping / by Tochi Onyebuchi -- Gender reveal / by George M. Johnson -- Kassius's foolproof guide to losing the turkey bowl / by Davaun Sanders -- But also, jazz / by Julian Randall -- Our dill / by Justin A. Reynolds -- Percival and the jab / by P. Djèlà Clark -- Embracing my Black boy joy / by Jerry Craft -- Griot of Grover Street: part three / by Kwame Mbalia. |
| Target Audience Note: | 710L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.6 8 512804. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | African American boys > Literary collections. African American teenage boys > Literary collections. African Americans > Literary collections. Boys > Literary collections. Boys. |
| Genre: | Fiction. Literature. Short stories. |
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- 68 of 74 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 2 copies available at Johnston County Affiliated Libraries. (Show)
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