Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood
by Kwame Mbalia and Lamar Giles
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- Grade
- 3-8
- Cultural Experience
- Men / Boys
- African
- African American
Year Published 2021
Word Count 56,614
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 710L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 512804, 8 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- African American boys--Literary collections
- African Americans--Literary collections
- Boys
- Boys--Literary collections
- African American boys
- African American teenage boys--Literary collections
- American literature--African American authors--Collections
- Young adult fiction, American
- Young adult poetry, American
- African Americans
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Kwame Mbalia about Black Boy Joy
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Lamar Giles
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kwame Mbalia
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Kwame Mbalia “Black Boy Joy Virtual Book Tour”
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 7
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Reader's Theater from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2024
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Teaching Resources from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2024
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Educators' Guide from Random House Children's Books
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Discussion Questions from Read Across America
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Invitation to Imagine from Kwame Mbalia
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Book Readings 1
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Book Trailers 1
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Awards & Distinctions 9
![Kids’ Book Choice Awards, 2008-2022](/images/awards/48.jpg)
Kids’ Book Choice Awards, 2008-2022
Winner, 2022
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
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Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2022
![Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023](/images/awards/77.jpg)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Middle Selection, 2022
![BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021-2024](/images/awards/128.png)
BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021-2024
Fiction Honor, 2022
![Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023](/images/awards/82.jpg)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2021
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Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023
Middle Grade Selection, 2021
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SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2021
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