Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
by Ibi Zoboi, Jason Reynolds, Renée Watson, and Leah Henderson
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2019
Word Count 94,513
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 505842
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Teenagers, Black--Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Coming of Age
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Short Stories
- African American teenagers--Fiction
- Short stories
- African American teenagers
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - African American
- Teenagers, Black
- Young Adult Fiction | Coming of Age
- Young adult fiction, American
- Short stories, American
- Young Adult Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Short Stories
- Lists With This Book
- #OwnVoices for 7-12
- This List is Anti-Racist
Our Original Resources 6
Audio Name Pronunciation with Renée Watson
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Jason Reynolds
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Ibi Zoboi
Created by TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Jason Reynolds “All Voices Matter”
Created by the TeachingBooks Blog
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Authors 13
Audio Name Pronunciation with Renée Watson
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Jason Reynolds
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Ibi Zoboi
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 19
TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Jason Reynolds “All Voices Matter”
Created by the TeachingBooks Blog
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by Politics and Prose
Interview with Renée Watson
Created by Politics and Prose
Interview with Ibi Zoboi
Created by Politics and Prose
Interview with Leah Henderson
Created by Politics and Prose
Interview with Renée Watson
Created by School Library Journal
Guest Post by Renée Watson
Created by Rethinking Schools
Interview with Renée Watson
Created by Reading While White
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by Gawker Review of Books
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by NBC News
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by NPR
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by Kirkus Reviews
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by School Library Journal
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by AdLit
Apr 17, 2017 interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by Publishers Weekly
Jul 14, 2017 interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by Publishers Weekly
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by Musing
National Ambassador for Young People's Literature inauguration of Jason Reynolds
Created by Library of Congress
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Educator's Guide from Responsive Reads
Created by Responsive Reads
Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Bahni Turpin and Ron Butler
Created by HarperCollins
Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Harper Collins Children's Books
Created by Harper Collins Children's Books
Awards & Distinctions 3
Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Selection, 2019
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2019
Selection, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Young Adults Selection, 2019
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