Ibi Zoboi

Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring all characters of color, from Ibi Zoboi, National Book Award finalist and author of American Street. Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. She especially can't stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. Yet as Zuri and Darius are forced to find common ground, their initial dislike shifts into an unexpected understanding. But with four wild sisters pulling her in different directions, cute boy Warren vying for her attention, and college applications hovering on the horizon, Zuri fights to find her place in Bushwick's changing landscape, or lose it all. In a timely update of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, critically acclaimed author Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic.

Pride

Yusef Salaam

From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds, Walter Dean Myers, and Elizabeth Acevedo. The story that I thought was my life didn't start on the day I was born Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy. "Boys just being boys" turns out to be true only when those boys are white. The story that I think will be my life starts today Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal's bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his story. But can he change it? With spellbinding lyricism, award-winning author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam tell a moving and deeply profound story about how one boy is able to maintain his humanity and fight for the truth, in a system designed to strip him of both.

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American Street

Tochi Onyebuchi

Jason Reynolds

Nic Stone

Rita Williams-Garcia

Coe Booth

Kekla Magoon

Dhonielle Clayton

Lamar Giles

Brandy Colbert

Justina Ireland

Renée Watson

Liara Tamani

Jay Coles

Varian Johnson

Leah Henderson

Tracey Baptiste

Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today—Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it’s like to be young and Black in America. Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson. Black is…three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds. Black is…Nic Stone’s high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of. Black is…two girls kissing in Justina Ireland’s story set in Maryland. Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and more—because there are countless ways to be Black enough. Contributors: Justina Ireland Varian Johnson Rita Williams-Garcia Dhonielle Clayton Kekla Magoon Leah Henderson Tochi Onyebuchi Jason Reynolds Nic Stone Liara Tamani Renée Watson Tracey Baptiste Coe Booth Brandy Colbert Jay Coles Ibi Zoboi Lamar Giles

Stories of Being Young & Black in America

Black Enough

In the summer of 1984, twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace of Huntsville, Alabama, visits her father in Harlem, where her fascination with outer space and science fiction interfere with her finding acceptance.

My Life As an Ice Cream Sandwich

From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse and prose of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler. Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler expereinced an American childhood that shaped her into the groundbreaking science-fiction storyteller whose novels continue to challenge and delight readers fifteen years after her death.

A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

Star Child

Ibi Zoboi, a National Book Award Finalist and New York Times best-selling author, joins Marvel Universe storytelling with this heartfelt novel that takes Okoye to America for the very first time. Okoye is a new recruit for T'Chaka's royal guard: the Dora Milaje. Known for their loyalty and warrior abilities, the Dora are respected and revered in Okoye's home country of Wakanda. But when Okoye is sent on her very first mission--to America--she'll learn that her status as a Dora means nothing to New Yorkers and her expectations for the world outside of her own quickly fall apart. Chosen to accompany King T'Chaka on a humanitarian mission, Okoye finds herself trying to help teens dealing with addiction and gentrification in a forgotten neighborhood in Brooklyn. Caught between duty to her country and listening to her own heart, Okoye must find her own way and determine the type of Dora Milaje--and woman--she wants to be. Complete your Marvel collection with these best-selling fan-favorite novels: Black Panther: The Young Prince (Book 1)by Ronald L. Smith Black Panther: Spellbound (Book 2) by Ronald L. Smith Loki: Where Mischief Lies by Mackenzi Lee Gamora and Nebula: Sisters in Arms by Mackenzi Lee Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds Unstoppable Wasp by Sam Maggs Black Widow: Red Vengeance by Margaret Stohl Black Widow: Forever Red by Margaret Stohl Captain Marvel: Higher, Further, Faster by Liza Palmer

A Black Panther Novel

Okoye to the People

A Pride and Prejudice Remix

Katharine McGee

Julie Murphy

Meredith Russo

Sara Shepard

Kass Morgan

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Nicola Yoon

Nina LaCour

Jocelyn Davies

Katie Cotugno

Huntley Fitzpatrick

Emery Lord

Called "effervescent," "enjoyable," and "charming," this anthology is a celebration of when-they-first-met stories from fourteen beloved young adult authors, including Nicola Yoon, Nina LaCour, Dhonielle Clayton, Katie Cotugno, and more, now in paperback.

Meet Cute

Nigeria Jones

From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her debut picture book--a tour de force that uses the principles of Kwanzaa to talk about the history of African Americans. This lyrical, powerful tribute is sumptuously illustrated by New Yorker artist and rising star Loveis Wise. A beautiful gift for readers of all ages and for fans of Kadir Nelson's Heart and Soul. The People Remember tells the journey of African descendants in America by connecting their history to the seven principles of Kwanzaa. It begins in Africa, where people were taken from their homes and families. They spoke different languages and had different customs. Yet they were bound and chained together and forced onto ships sailing into an unknown future. Ultimately, all these people had to learn one common language and create a culture that combined their memories of home with new traditions that enabled them to thrive in this new land. Sumptuously illustrated, this is an important book to read as a family--a story young readers can visit over and over again to deepen their understanding of African American history in relation to their own lives and current social justice movements. By turns powerful and revealing, this is a lyrical narrative that tells the story of survival, as well as the many moments of joy, celebration, and innovation of Black people in America.

The People Remember

Zuri Benitez tem orgulho. Orgulho do Brooklyn, de sua família e de suas raízes afro-latinas. Mas orgulho não é o suficiente para salvar seu bairro da gentrificação e de se tornar irreconhecível. Quando a rica família Darcy se muda para o outro lado da rua, Zuri não quer contato com seus dois filhos adolescentes, mesmo quando sua irmã Janae começa a se apaixonar pelo encantador Ainsley. Acima de tudo, ela não suporta o crítico e arrogante Darius, mas eles são forçados a se entender, e o que antes era um confronto se torna uma inesperada amizade. Agora, com quatro irmãs a empurrando em direções diferentes, com o adorável Warren em busca de sua atenção e com as candidaturas para a faculdade chegando, Zuri luta entre encontrar seu lugar na paisagem em transição de Bushwick ou perder tudo. Nesta adaptação contemporânea do clássico Orgulho e preconceito, a autora aclamada pela crítica, Ibi Zoboi, habilidosamente equilibra identidade cultural, classe e gentrificação com a mágica do primeiro amor em sua vibrante versão do amado romance.

Orgulho

A Novel

A is for Ayiti Written by Ibi Zoboi Illustrated by Joseph Zoboi Grade Level: PK-3 An alphabet book that explores the rich culture of Haiti, by incredible husband-wife duo, Joseph and Ibi Zoboi.

A Is for Ayiti

Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it’s like to be young and black. “A powerful collection that opens the reader’s eyes to the breadth and diversity of contemporary experience in America” June Sarpong, author of DIVERSIFY

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

Amal Shahid é um adolescente negro e muçulmano de 16 anos comum crescendo no Brooklyn — até que se envolve em uma briga em um bairro branco de classe alta e se torna o principal suspeito de um crime que não cometeu. Ele é declarado culpado, enviado para um centro de detenção juvenil e, em meio ao caos que sua vida se tornou, luta para encontrar forças em sua arte. Mas o que fazer quando até mesmo isso lhe é negado? Com um lirismo envolvente, a autora premiada Ibi Zoboi se une a Yusef Salaam, ativista pela reforma carcerária, para contar a emocionante e profunda história de um menino tentando manter sua humanidade e lutando pela verdade em um sistema feito para usurpá-lo de ambas.

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