Black boy joy

First edition.

Book

New York : Delacorte Press, [2021]

©2021

296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

"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"--Dust jacket flap.

710L Lexile

African American teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction.

African American teenage boys -- Juvenile poetry.

African American boys -- Literary collections.

African Americans -- Literary collections.

African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

African Americans -- Juvenile poetry.

Boys -- Literary collections.

Boys -- Juvenile fiction.

American literature -- African American authors.

Young adult fiction.

Short stories.

Mbalia, Kwame, editor, author.

Giles, Lamar, 1979- author.

Alston, B. B., author.

Winters, Julian, author.

Reynolds, Jason, author.

Hooper, Don P., author.

Atta, Dean, author.

Coles, Jay, author.

Johnson, Varian, author.

Okungbowa, Suyi Davies, author.

Onyebuchi, Tochi, author.

Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985- author.

Sanders, DaVaun, author.

Randall, Julian, author.

Reynolds, Justin A., author.

Clark, P. Djèlí, author.

Craft, Jerry, author.

Black boy joy : 17 stories celebrating Black boyhood

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.

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