| Other author/creator | Mbalia, Kwame editor, author. |
| Included Work | Mbalia, Kwame Griot of Grover Street. |
| Included Work | Giles, Lamar, 1979- There's going to be a fight in the cafeteria on Friday and you better not bring Batman. |
| Included Work | Alston, B. B. "The McCoy game." |
| Included Work | Winters, Julian. Legendary Lawrence Cobbler. |
| Included Work | Reynolds, Jason First-day fly. |
| Included Work | Hooper, Don P. Got me a jet pack. |
| Included Work | Atta, Dean. Extinct. |
| Included Work | Coles, Jay. Epic venture. |
| Included Work | Johnson, Varian. Definition of cool. |
| Included Work | Okungbowa, Suyi Davies Five thousand light-years to home. |
| Included Work | Onyebuchi, Tochi Coping. |
| Included Work | Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985- Gender reveal. |
| Included Work | Sanders, DaVaun Kassius's foolproof guide to losing the Turkey Bowl. |
| Included Work | Randall, Julian But also, Jazz. |
| Included Work | Reynolds, Justin A. Our dill. |
| Included Work | Clark, P. Djèlí. Percival and the jab. |
| Included Work | Craft, Jerry Embracing my Black boy joy. |
| Cover title |
Black boy joy : 17 stories celebrating Black boyhood |
| Variant title |
Black boy joy : seventeen stories celebrating Black boyhood |
| Contents |
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. |
| Abstract |
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. |
| General note | Includes information about the authors. |
| Interest age level |
Ages 9-12 |
| Interest grade level |
Grades 3-7 |
| Audience |
710 Lexile |
| Genre/form | short stories. |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| Genre/form | Literature. |
| Genre/form | Literary collections. |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| Genre/form | Poetry. |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| Genre/form | Literature. |
| LCCN | 2021427076 |
| ISBN | 9780593379936 (trade hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0593379934 (trade hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780593379943 (library binding) |
| ISBN | 0593379942 (library binding) |
| ISBN | 9780593379950 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 0593379950 |
