Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

2019 • 416 pages

Ratings18

Average rating3.9

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Since this is an anthology, I'll also be rating the individual stories!!! As a whole I really, Really liked this!!!!! And I definitely plan on reading some more from certain authors in this!!!

Half A Moon by Renee Watson: 4 stars

Black Enough by Varian Johnson: 5 stars!!!

Warning: Color May Fade by Leah Henderson: 5 stars!!!

Black. Nerd. Problems. by Lamar Giles: 4 stars

Out Of The Silence by Kekla Magoon: 5 stars!!!

The Ingredients by Jason Reynolds: 4 stars

Oreo by Brandy Colbert: 5 stars!!!

Samson And The Delilahs by Tochi Onyebuchi: 5 stars!!!

Stop Playing by Liara Tamani: 2 stars, probably the story I liked the least out of all of them

Wild Horses, Wild Hearts by Jay Coles: 5 stars and probably my FAVORITE story out of all of them!!!

Whoa! by Rita Williams-Garcia: 4 stars

Gravity by Tracey Baptiste: 2 stars

The Trouble With Drowning by Dhonielle Clayton: 4 stars

Kissing Sarah Smart by Justina Ireland: 5 stars!!!

Hackathon Summers by Coe Booth: 4 stars

Into The Starlight by Nic Stone: 5 stars!!!

The (R)Evolution of Nigeria Jones: 5 stars!!!

May 20, 2021