Black boy joy / edited by Kwame Mbalia ; stories by: B.B. Alston [and 16 others].

Black boy joy : (cover title)

Alston, B. B. "The McCoy game." (Added Author). Atta, Dean. Extinct. (Added Author). Clark, P. Djèlí. Percival and the jab. (Added Author). Coles, Jay. Epic venture. (Added Author). Craft, Jerry. Embracing my Black boy joy. (Added Author). Giles, Lamar, 1979- There's going to be a fight in the cafeteria on Friday and you better not bring Batman. (Added Author). Hopper, Don P. Got me a jet pack. (Added Author). Johnson, Geroge M. Gender reveal. (Added Author). Johnson, Varian. Definition of cool. (Added Author). Mbalia, Kwame. Griot of Grover Street. (Added Author). Okungbowa, Suyi Davies. Five thousand light-years to home. (Added Author). Onyebunchi, Tochi. Coping. (Added Author). Randall, Julian. But also, Jazz. (Added Author). Reynolds, Jason. First-day fly. (Added Author). Reynolds, Justin A. Our dill. (Added Author). Sanders, DaVaun. Kassius's footproof guide to losing the Turkey Bowl. (Added Author). Winters, Julian. Legendary Lawrence Cobbler. (Added Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0593379934
ISBN: 9780593379936
ISBN: 9780593379943
Physical Description: 296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	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 -- 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 -- Definition of cool / by Varian Johnson -- Griot of Grover Street: part two / by Kwame Mbalia -- Five thousand light-years to home / by Suyi Davies Okungbowa -- Coping / by Tochi Onyebuchi -- 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 -- Griot of Grover Street: part three / by Kwame Mbalia.
Target Audience Note:	710L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.6 8 512804.