Black boy joy
Title:
Black boy joy
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Kwame Mbalia.
Edition:
First Edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Delacorte Press, [2021]
Physical Description:
296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780593379936
9780593379943
9780593379950
General Note:
Includes information about the authors.
Abstract:
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.
Reading Level:
710 L Lexile
Program Information:
Lexlie 710L.
F&P V.
Lexile by Metametrics.
Subject Term:
Added Author:
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Variant Title:
Black boy joy: seventeen stories celebrating Black boyhood
Cover title: Black boy joy : 17 stories celebrating Black boyhood
Contents:
Introduction -- 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.