Description

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

Explores Black Identity: From a boy dubbed an 'Oreo' for not being 'Black enough' to a girl questioning her family's Black nationalist beliefs, these stories challenge what it means to be young and Black in America.
LGBTQ+ Stories: Discover powerful queer narratives, including two girls finding love and a tender story of two boys from feuding families falling for each other.
#BlackBoyJoy: Experience carefree moments of friendship and connection, like three friends walking home from the pool talking about everything and nothing.
Family and Sisterhood: Navigate complex family dynamics, from two half-sisters connecting for the first time at summer camp to cousins confronting stereotypes in rural Missouri.