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Genre/Form: | Young adult fiction Bildungsromans Fiction Juvenile works Young adult works |
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Material Type: | Fiction, Secondary (senior high) school |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ibi Aanu Zoboi |
ISBN: | 9780062473059 0062473050 |
OCLC Number: | 999441649 |
Notes: | Includes author's notes, acknowledgments, and a preview of Pride. |
Awards: | CCBC Choices, 2018 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature, 2017 Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2017 School Library Journal's Best Books, 2017 |
Target Audience: | Ages 14-17 years.; HL690L |
Description: | 324, 13 pages ; 22 cm |
Responsibility: | Ibi Zoboi. |
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"Self-assured, elegant and utterly captivating." -- New York Times "Mixing gritty street life with the tenderness of first love, Haitian Vodou, and family bonds, the book is at once chilling, evocative, and reaffirming." -- <em>Publishers Weekly</em> <strong>(starred review)</strong> "Filling her pages with magic, humanity, tragedy, and hope, Zoboi builds up, takes apart, and then rebuilds an unforgettable story. This book will take root in readers' hearts." -- <em>Kirkus Reviews </em><strong>(starred review)</strong> "Zoboi urges us to examine the American dream to see if there is room within it to hold the ones we love -- Ebony Magazine "Zoboi's stunning debut intertwines mysticism and love with grit and violence...Fierce and beautiful." -- <em>Booklist </em><strong>(starred review)</strong> "Will reach young readers regardless of their background." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books <strong>(starred review)</strong> "A breathtaking story about contemporary America that will serve as a mirror to some and a window for others, and it will stay with anyone who reads it." -- School Library Journal <strong>(starred review)</strong> "A poignant meditation on one girl's struggle to find her way in a new world." -- Nicola Yoon, bestselling author of EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING. "Brimming with culture, magic, warmth, and unabashed rawness, "American Street" is ultimately a blistering tale of humanity. This is "Manchild in the Promised Land," for a new generation, and a remarkable debut from Zoboi, who without question is an inevitable force in storytelling." -- Jason Reynolds, award-winning co-author of ALL AMERICAN BOYS "Zoboi's nascent storytelling gifts ensnare from page one. To this spellbinding voice of the next generation, I bow." -- Rita Williams-Garcia, New York Times bestselling author and three-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award "Following in the footsteps of Edwidge Danticat, Zoboi's young adult debut is equal parts gritty and transcendent." -- The Horn Book "A refreshing take on a common literary preoccupation, the American dream...fascinating and beautiful." -- Vox Read more...


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