Title Black boy joy : 17 stories celebrating Black boyhood / edited by Kwame Mbalia ; stories by B.B. Alston [and 16 others].

Publication Info.	New York : Delacorte Press, [2021]
	©2021

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Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department	MDL BLACK BOY JOY	DUE 05-02-24
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department	J FICTION MBALIA	Check Shelf
Bloomfield at the Atrium	MIDDLE GRADE BLACK	DUE 11-13-23 Billed
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Edition	First edition
Description	296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary	From seventeen acclaimed Black male and nonbinary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.
Contents	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.
Subject	African American boys -- Literary collections.
	African Americans -- Literary collections.
	Boys -- Literary collections.
	African Americans -- Literary collections.
	Boys -- Literary collections.
	American literature -- African American authors -- Collections.
	JUVENILE FICTION / Short Stories.
	JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American & Black.
	JUVENILE FICTION / Boys & Men.
	African American boys. (OCoLC)fst00799054
	African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
	Boys. (OCoLC)fst00837358
	African Americans -- Literary collections.
	Boys -- Literary collections.
	American literature -- African American authors.
	Children's literature.
Genre/Form	Literary collections. (OCoLC)fst01423811
	Literature.
Added Author	Mbalia, Kwame, editor.
	Alston, B. B., author.
ISBN	9780593379936 (trade)
	0593379934 (trade)
	9780593379943 (library binding)
	0593379942 (library binding)

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