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Black boy joy

Mbalia, Kwame, (editor,, author.). Mbalia, Kwame. Griot of Grover Street. (Added Author). Giles, Lamar, 1979- There's going to be a fight in the cafeteria on Friday and you better not bring Batman. (Added Author). Alston, B. B. "The McCoy game." (Added Author). Winters, Julian. Legendary Lawrence Cobbler. (Added Author). Reynolds, Jason. First-day fly. (Added Author). Hooper, Don P. Got me a jet pack. (Added Author). Atta, Dean. Extinct. (Added Author). Coles, Jay. Epic venture. (Added Author). Johnson, Varian. Definition of cool. (Added Author). Okungbowa, Suyi Davies. Five thousand light-years to home. (Added Author). Onyebuchi, Tochi. Coping. (Added Author). Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985- Gender reveal. (Added Author). Sanders, DaVaun. Kassius's foolproof guide to losing the Turkey Bowl. (Added Author). Randall, Julian. But also, Jazz. (Added Author). Reynolds, Justin A. Our dill. (Added Author). Clark, P. Djèlí. Percival and the jab. (Added Author). Craft, Jerry. Embracing my Black boy joy. (Added Author).

Summary: From seventeen acclaimed Black male and non-binary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593379936
  • ISBN: 0593379934
  • ISBN: 9780593379943
  • ISBN: 0593379942
  • ISBN: 9780593379967
  • ISBN: 0593379969
  • Physical Description: print
    296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes information about the authors.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- 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 McCoy 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.
Target Audience Note:
710L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Lexlie 710L.
F&P V.
Lexile by Metametrics.
Accelerated Reader MG 4.6 8 8 512804
Subject:
African American boys -- Literary collections
African American teenage boys -- Literary collections
African Americans -- Literary collections
Boys -- Literary collections
Young adult fiction, American
Young adult poetry, American
Short stories
African Americans -- Juvenile literature
Boys -- Juvenile literature
American literature -- African American authors -- Juvenile literature
Young adult poetry, American
Young adult fiction, American
African American teenage boys
African American boys
African Americans
Boys
Genre:
Short stories.
Literature.
Literary collections.
Short stories.
Poetry.
Literature.

Available copies

  • 34 of 36 copies available at Westchester Library System. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Town of Pelham Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 36 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Town of Pelham Public Library J MBA (Text) 31023151292534 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 03/21/2026

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