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Genre/Form: | Young adult fiction Fictional Work Adaptations Bildungsromans Fiction Juvenile works Novels Urban fiction Young adult works Romans Juvenile fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse |
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Material Type: | Fiction, Secondary (senior high) school |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ibi Aanu Zoboi; Jane Austen |
ISBN: | 9780062564047 0062564048 9780062564054 0062564056 |
OCLC Number: | 1051002739 |
Notes: | "A Pride and Prejudice remix. Author of American Street. National Book Award Finalist"--Cover. |
Awards: | Chicago Public Library Best Teen Fiction, 2018 New York Public Library Best Books for Teens, 2018 New York Public Library Best Books for Teens: Top Ten, 2018 NPR Best Books, 2018 Publisher's Weekly Best Young Adult Book, 2018 School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2019 |
Target Audience: | Ages 14-17 years. |
Description: | 289 pages ; 22 cm. |
Responsibility: | Ibi Zoboi. |
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"This Bushwick-set, contemporary retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice tackles gentriciation, Blackness, and romance with honesty, humor, and heart. This excellent coming-of-age take on a classic belongs on all YA shelves." - School Library Journal (starred review) "Stands solidly on its own while cleverly paralleling Austen's classic... in a contemporary story about race, gentrification, and young love" - Publishers Weekly (starred review)"A razor-sharp remix of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice that deals in gentrification, racism, love, culture, and heritage, all helmed by intelligent teens in New York's Bushwick neighborhood." - Booklist"[A] lively and innovative Pride and Prejudice retelling (starring a fully rounded Afro-Latinx YA character)" - The Horn Book"Jane Austen's piercing comedy of manners provides the ideal template for Ibi Zoboi's shrewd, timely second novel..." - Chicago Tribune "Brooklyn's gentrifying Bushwick neighborhood offers the vivid backdrop for this entertaining update, adding complicating factors of cultural identity and racism to Austen's classic tale." - Buffalo NewsPraise for AMERICAN STREET: "Mixing gritty street life with the tenderness of first love, Haitian Vodou, and family bonds, the book is at once chilling, evocative, and reaffirming." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)Praise for AMERICAN STREET: "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." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Praise for AMERICAN STREET: "Zoboi urges us to examine the American dream to see if there is room within it to hold the ones we love." - Ebony MagazinePraise for AMERICAN STREET: "Zoboi's stunning debut intertwines mysticism and love with grit and violence...Fierce and beautiful." - Booklist (starred review)Praise for AMERICAN STREET: "Will reach young readers regardless of their background." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)Praise for AMERICAN STREET: "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 (starred review)Praise for AMERICAN STREET: "A poignant meditation on one girl's struggle to find her way in a new world." - Nicola Yoon, New York Times bestselling author of The Sun is Also a Star and Everything, EverythingPraise for AMERICAN STREET: "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 BoysPraise for AMERICAN STREET: "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 Read more...


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