Black boy joy : 17 stories celebrating Black boyhood
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Black boy joy : 17 stories celebrating Black boyhood

By Mbalia, Kwame, editor.
Alston, B. B., author.

Audience Tweens 9-13 years

Published [2021] by Delacorte Press, New York

ISBN 9780593379943

Bib Id 2458273

Copyright 2021

Edition First Edition.

Description 296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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03597cam a2200565 i 4500
ISBN
9780593379943 (library binding) $20.00
0593379942
9780593379936 (hardcover) $17.00
0593379934
Call #
J 808.83 B
Title
Black boy joy : 17 stories celebrating Black boyhood
Edition
First Edition.
Publication Information
[2021] by Delacorte Press, New York :
Copyright Date
©2021
Description
296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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.
Summary
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.

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