Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
by Ibi Zoboi, Jason Reynolds, Renée Watson, and Leah Henderson
Seventeen Black authors contribute to a strong, nuanced collection of stories that... read more
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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
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Renée Watson
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jason Reynolds
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Ibi Zoboi
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Jason Reynolds “All Voices Matter”
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Educator's Guide from Responsive Reads
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Bahni Turpin and Ron Butler
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Awards & Distinctions 5

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2020

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2020

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Young Adults Selection, 2019
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