Displaying 1 of 1 2021 Format: Book Title: Black boy joy / edited by Kwame Mbalia ; stories by B.B. Alston [and 16 others]. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Delacorte Press, [2021] Description: 296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Publication Year: 2021 Summary: A collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood. Target Audience Note: 9-12. 4-7. 710 Lexile. Subjects: African Americans -- Literary collections. Boys -- Literary collections. American literature -- African American authors. Children's literature, American. African Americans -- Literary collections. Boys -- Literary collections. American literature -- African American authors -- Collections. Other Author: Mbalia, Kwame, editor. Alston, B. B., author. Notes: "17 stories celebrating Black boyhood"--Jacket. Kirkus Review - Adult,061521 Booklist, 070121, p. 80 School Library Journal, 080121, p. 78 Publisher's Weekly,080921 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 McCcoy 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. ISBN: 0593379934 9780593379936 Other Number: 1237807392 Current Holds: 0 Local Availability:1 (of 1) System Availability:8 (of 11) Control Number: 2149489 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
