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
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- 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 6
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”
Created by the TeachingBooks Blog
Story Map Customizable Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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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 16
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
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 AdLit
Apr 17, 2017 interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by Publishers Weekly
Jul 14, 2017 interview with Jason Reynolds
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Interview with Jason Reynolds
Created by Musing
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 1
Story Map Customizable Lesson
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Bahni Turpin and Ron Butler
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Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Harper Collins Children's Books
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Young Adults Selection, 2019
Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Selection, 2019
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2019
Selection, 2019
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