Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
by Ibi Zoboi, Jason Reynolds, Renée Watson, and Leah Henderson
59 Total Resources 4 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 7-12
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2019
Word Count 94,513
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 505842, 14.0 AR Points
- 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
Our Original Resources 7
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
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Authors 14
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 39
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
23rd Effie Lee Morris Lecture by Renée Watson
Created by San Francisco Public Library
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
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by The News-Item
National Ambassador for Young People's Literature inauguration of Jason Reynolds
Created by Library of Congress
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by Lesley University
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by PBS
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by Everywhere Book Fest
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by Story Seeds Podcast
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by The Johannesburg Review of Books
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by First Draft Podcast
Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice Discussion with Jason Reynolds
Created by The Center for Fiction
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by Politics and Prose
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by Mackin Community
American Sign Language and English (Bilingual) 2020 National Book Awards Teen Press Conference Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by National Book Foundation
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by The Guardian
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by Underlined
Book Haters Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by UW-Madison Education
Character Development Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by UW-Madison Education
Inspiration Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by UW-Madison Education
Toxic Masculinity Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by UW-Madison Education
Christopher Paul Curtis In Conversation with Jason Reynolds
Created by National Civil Rights Museum
Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by Professional Book Nerds Podcast
Interview with Ibi Zoboi
Created by Underlined
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Bahni Turpin and Ron Butler
Created by HarperCollins
Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from HarperCollins Children's Books
Created by HarperCollins Children's Books
Awards & Distinctions 4
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2022
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Young Adults Selection, 2019
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2019
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