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Black boy joy

Type
Label
Black boy joy
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
8-12, Brodart
resource.interestGradeLevel
3-7, Brodart
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Black boy joy
Oclc number
1237807392
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, MG, 4.6, 8, 512804.
Summary
Black boy joy is... Picking out a fresh first-day-of-school outfit. Saving the universe in an epic intergalactic race. Finding your voice-and your rhymes-during tough times. Flying on your skateboard like nobody's watching. And more! From seventeen acclaimed Black male and non-binary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood
Table Of Contents
The 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 -- The 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 -- The definition of cool / by Varian Johnson -- The griot of Grover Street: part two / by Kwame Mbalia -- Five thousand light years to home / by Suyi Davies Okungbowa -- Coping / by Tochi Onyebuchi -- the 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. Djèlí Clark -- Embracing my black boy joy / by Jerry Craft -- The griot of Grover Street: part three / by Kwame Mbalia
Target audience
pre adolescent
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