Black Enough
Written by Ibi Zoboi, Tracey Baptiste, Coleen Booth and
Narrated by Bahni Turpin and Ron Butler
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About this audiobook
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 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
Ibi Zoboi
Ibi Zoboi is the New York Times bestselling author of American Street, a National Book Award finalist; Nigeria Jones, a Coretta Scott King Award winner; Pride; My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich; Star Child; Okoye to the People; the Walter Award–winning Punching the Air, cowritten with Exonerated Five member Yusef Salaam; and the Coretta Scott King Honor–winning picture book The People Remember. She is also the editor of the anthology Black Enough. Born in Haiti and raised in New York City, she now lives in New Jersey with her family. You can find her online at ibizoboi.net.
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Reviews for Black Enough
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Was very good to listen to love all the stories that was in this book
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Every word and every story was beautiful. I loved it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A collection of short stories full of substance, exhuberance, questions, and love. What is it like to be Black and young in the U.S.A.? These stories are a joyful reminder that there is no one answer: there are many. Black is country, is queer, is grieving, is a first crush, is mad at their parents, is summer camp and ghost stories, is mall rats, is beaches, is heavy metal, is church retreats, is city life, is knowing your ancestors, is Black Lives Matter, is making beautiful art. "My hope is that Black Enough will encourage all Black teens to be their free, uninhibited selves without the constraints of being Black, too Black, or not Black enough. They will simply be enough just as they are."
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a great book. I think this is something that teachers should have high school students read. There wasn't a story that I didn't like. MY favorite stories were:
Oreo
Wild Horses, Wild Hearts
Gravity
Hackathon Summers
The (R)Evolution of Nigeria Jones - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Black 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.