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Ibi Zoboi is a New York Times bestselling and two-time National Book Award Finalist author of books for children and teens, including American Street and (S)kin, Pride, a modern remix of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, and the Walter Award and LA Times Book Prize-winning Punching the Air, co-written with Exonerated Five member Yusef Salaam. Ibi is also a two-time Coretta Scott King Award honoree for The People Remember, her debut picture book, and Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler. She is the winner of the 2024 CSK Award for Nigeria Jones and the editor of the anthology Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America. Okoye to the People is her Black Panther novel for Marvel. Ibi has appeared on CBS This Morning, MSNBC’s The Reid Out alongside Yusef Salaam, PBS’s Book View Now, and MSNBC’s Velshi Banned Book Club. Her writing has been published in Time Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, the Horn Book Magazine, and The Rumpus, among others. As an educator, she received several grants from the Brooklyn Arts Council for her community-based programs for teen girls in both Brooklyn and Haiti, partnering with Haiti Cultural Exchange. She’s worked for arts organizations such as Teachers & Writers Collaborative and Community Word Project as a writer-in-residence and teaching artist in New York City public schools. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and raised in New York City, Ibi lives in New Jersey with her family. Photo credit: Nicole Mondestin Photography awards & Honors National Book Award Finalist (AMERICAN STREET, 2017) New York Times Notable Book (AMERICAN STREET, 2017) Americas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature (AMERICAN STREET, 2018) Muriel Becker Award from the New Jersey Council of Teachers of English (AMERICAN STREET, 2019) The Walter Award, Teen Category (PUNCHING THE AIR, 2021) L.A. 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Butler had attended a Clarion workshop 30 years prior as a student, but now she was back to teach eager pupils like me. I, like many others, became a fan long before the T-shirts and the Butler-tried-to-tell-us social media posts. Having grown up with a healthy diet of science-fiction movies and TV shows as a child of the ‘80s, reading about Black girls and women in the future was validating. While Butler’s novels are certainly cautionary tales, she was not a fortune teller. She was a lover of science, an inquisitive writer, and a keen observer of society. Butler simply paid close attention to human behavior.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/1dfca042-46d0-4880-b889-a39949d7c9b9/octaviabutler-1624366964.jpeg Press - OPRAH DAILY Celebrate Octavia Butler's Birthday with an Exclusive Excerpt from a Forthcoming Biography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/1160057a-9562-4b50-8c1c-f7c9f75689c0/marvel+voices.jpeg Press - MARVEL’S VOICES PODCAST Writing Warrior Women for YA w/ Ibi Zoboi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/186a532e-1acb-4a1d-b3b7-b0a13329e394/45f805e5-71a8-4354-ad5c-467de14d0acf.__CR0%2C0%2C4042%2C1250_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg Press - MARVELIbi Zoboi on Okoye's First Mission Outside of Wakanda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/ac3406c5-4451-4432-b26f-5ca425bc9df2/askedandanswered-banner-zoboi.jpg Press - MARVELAsked & Answered with the Women of Marvel: Ibi Zoboi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/4ead0eb3-af72-482e-a12d-8c5164cec896/Screen+Shot+2022-12-08+at+2.32.05+PM.jpg Press - the nerds of colorIbi Zoboi on Writing a Biographical Constellation of Octavia Butler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/1622319566808-QOV2WKPMQPJZZV731XIB/ibi-zoboi-msnbc-the-reidout.jpg Press - MSNBC / The ReidOutNew book explores emotional turmoil of Central Park Five Case https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/1622320594500-MW720BI7KWQZXTCHC88I/Ibi-Zoboi-Black-Enough.png Press - EPIC READSWhat It Means to Be Black | BLACK ENOUGH feat. 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Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds, Walter Dean Myers, and Elizabeth Acevedo. With spellbinding lyricism, award-winning author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam tell a moving and deeply profound story about how one boy is able to maintain his humanity and fight for the truth, in a system designed to strip him of both. The story that I thought was my life didn’t start on the day I was born Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he’s seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy. “Boys just being boys” turns out to be true only when those boys are white. The story that I think will be my life starts today Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal’s bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn’t commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his story. But can he change it? https://www.ibizoboi.net/my-life-as-an-ice-cream-sandwich daily 0.75 2021-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/1621894374048-6Y7TZTPK093MWVDYN33X/ice-cream.jpeg Ice Cream - MY LIFE AS AN ICE CREAM SANDWICH National Book Award-finalist Ibi Zoboi makes her middle-grade debut with a moving story of a girl finding her place in a world that’s changing at warp speed. Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has lived with her beloved grandfather Jeremiah in Huntsville, Alabama ever since she was little. As one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA, Jeremiah has nurtured Ebony-Grace’s love for all things outer space and science fiction—especially Star Wars and Star Trek. But in the summer of 1984, when trouble arises with Jeremiah, it’s decided she’ll spend a few weeks with her father in Harlem. Harlem is an exciting and terrifying place for a sheltered girl from Hunstville, and Ebony-Grace’s first instinct is to retreat into her imagination. But soon 126th Street begins to reveal that it has more in common with her beloved sci-fi adventures than she ever thought possible, and by summer’s end, Ebony-Grace discovers that Harlem has a place for a girl whose eyes are always on the stars. https://www.ibizoboi.net/black-enough daily 0.75 2021-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/1621893554280-D2O8GVG1QGXEMESALJM9/Black-Enough-Ibi-Zoboi.jpeg Black Enough - Black Enough “[A] poignant collection of stunning short stories by Black, rock star authors” – Booklist (starred review) Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today—Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it’s like to be young and Black in America. Black is…sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson. Black is…three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds. Black is…Nic Stone’s high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of. Black is…two girls kissing in Justina Ireland’s story set in Maryland. Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and more—because there are countless ways to be Black enough. https://www.ibizoboi.net/pride daily 0.75 2021-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511387030-5LI1E5QMVTQ2RY9S00A4/20140228_Trade+151_0046+1.jpg Pride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511440608-5BVMHVN4WR2I9YQV1WWR/Aro+Ha_0010+1.jpg Pride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511467879-K5J9BYNACHJVDV3BNSFU/Aro+Ha_0387+1.jpg Pride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511743693-J3A8OYH6X8C7RXNU5K0J/20140301_Trade+151_0124+1.jpg Pride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/1621893764170-RYTXDSTR74UYWR3D3R6K/Pride-Ibi-Zoboi.jpeg Pride - PRIDE Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring all characters of color, from Ibi Zoboi, National Book Award finalist and author of American Street. Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. She especially can’t stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. Yet as Zuri and Darius are forced to find common ground, their initial dislike shifts into an unexpected understanding. But with four wild sisters pulling her in different directions, cute boy Warren vying for her attention, and college applications hovering on the horizon, Zuri fights to find her place in Bushwick’s changing landscape, or lose it all. In a timely update of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, critically acclaimed author Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic. Check out the reading guide here. https://www.ibizoboi.net/american-street daily 0.75 2021-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/1621893954780-P82CQI74KBZ1P9NVEM1G/American-Street-Ibi-Zoboi.jpeg American Street - AMERICAN STREET On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie—the good life. But after leaving Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola’s mother is detained by U.S. immigration, leaving Fabiola to navigate her loud, American cousins—Chantal, Donna and Princess—the grittiness of Detroit’s west side, a new school, and a surprising romance, all on her own. Just as she finds her footing in this strange new world, a dangerous proposition presents itself, and Fabiola must learn that freedom comes at a cost. Trapped at the crossroads of an impossible choice, will she pay the price for the American dream? https://www.ibizoboi.net/the-people-remember daily 0.75 2025-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/1622157787613-P56GWCL70ANOUCALCYKU/the-people-remember-ibi-zoboi.jpeg The People Remember - The People Remember A CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD HONOR This lyrical, powerful tribute is sumptuously illustrated by New Yorker artist and rising star Loveis Wise. The People Remember tells the journey of African descendants in America by connecting their history to the seven principles of Kwanzaa. It begins in Africa, where people were taken from their homes and families. They spoke different languages and had different customs. Yet they were bound and chained together and forced onto ships sailing into an unknown future. Ultimately, all these people had to learn one common language and create a culture that combined their memories of home with new traditions that enabled them to thrive in this new land. Sumptuously illustrated, this is an important book to read as a family—a story young readers can visit over and over again to deepen their understanding of African American history in relation to their own lives and current social justice movements. By turns powerful and revealing, this is a lyrical narrative that tells the story of survival, as well as the many moments of joy, celebration, and innovation of Black people in America. https://www.ibizoboi.net/contact daily 0.75 2025-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/26480128-e4a6-412d-9b9c-c06240a8b2ee/NOYAN+LOGO_STACKED.png Contact - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ibizoboi.net/404-page daily 0.75 2021-06-24 https://www.ibizoboi.net/star-child daily 0.75 2024-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/d36be8a5-d9a3-42d0-8122-3d6e35c08e8a/star+child+ibi+zoboi+hi+res+cover.jpeg Star Child - STAR CHILD: A BIOGRAPHICAL CONSTELLATION OF OCTAVIA ESTELLE BUTLER From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse and prose of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler, author of Parable of the Sower and Kindred. Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler experienced an American childhood that shaped her into the groundbreaking science-fiction storyteller whose novels continue to challenge and delight readers fifteen years after her death. ★”A one-of-a-kind masterpiece of literature. This must-read biography belongs on every library shelf and will redefine the way readers engage with biographical texts.”—SLJ, starred review ★”A biography that’s as unique in form and content as the groundbreaking sci-fi/fantasy author herself…. Informational and inspirational, this innovative work will draw committed Butler fans and entice those unfamiliar with her work to seek it out.”—Horn Book, starred review ★”Zoboi has created a necessary addition to school and public library collections through this memorable look at how writers incorporate their lives into their work.”—Booklist, starred review ★”A radiant biography spotlights the life of science fiction great Octavia Butler through a compilation of poetry, prose, quotes and photos.”—Shelf Awareness, starred review ★”An inspiring look at the formative years and work of a literary giant that’s sure to capture young readers’ attention.”—Kirkus, starred review ★”This title truly has something for every reader.”—SLC, starred review “Zoboi movingly highlights the importance of empathy in Butler’s work and her role as a mentor and source of inspiration for countless other Black creatives.”—BookPage “A fittingly expansive tribute to Butler’s visionary mind and the childhood that sowed it.”—Publishers Weekly https://www.ibizoboi.net/nigeria-jones daily 0.75 2024-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/c303b7ba-012a-49eb-b19f-15bbd230fffa/Nigeria+Jones.png Nigeria Jones - NIGERIA JONES Warrior Princess. That’s what Nigeria’s father calls her. He’s raised her as part of the Movement, a Black separatist group based in Philadelphia. Nigeria is homeschooled and vegan and participates in traditional rituals that connect her and other kids from the group to their ancestors. But when her mother—the perfect matriarch to their Movement—disappears, Nigeria’s world is upended. She finds herself taking care of her baby brother and stepping into a role she doesn’t want. Nigeria’s mother had secrets. She wished for a different life for her children, which includes sending her daughter to a private Quaker school outside of their strict group. Despite her father’s disapproval, Nigeria attends the school with her cousin, Kamau, and Sage, who used to be a friend. There, she slowly begins to blossom and expand her universe. As Nigeria searches for her mother, she starts to uncover a shocking truth. One that will lead her to question everything she thought she knew about her life and her family. From award-winning author Ibi Zoboi comes a searing, powerful coming-of-age story about discovering who you are in the world—and fighting for that person—by having the courage to remix the founding tenets of your life to be your own revolution. https://www.ibizoboi.net/okoye-to-the-people daily 0.75 2022-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/f71d6870-895d-4038-ba93-086e1f55f940/okoye.jpeg Okoye To The People - Okoye to the people Ibi Zoboi, a National Book Award Finalist and New York Times best-selling author, joins Marvel Universe storytelling with this heartfelt novel that takes Okoye to America for the very first time. Before she became a multifaceted warrior and the confident leader of the Dora Milaje, Okoye was adjusting to her new life and attempting to find her place in Wakanda’s royal guard. Initially excited to receive an assignment for her very first mission and trip outside Wakanda, Okoye discovers that her status as a Dora Milaje means nothing to New Yorkers. When she meets teenagers not much younger than herself struggling with the gentrification of their beloved Brooklyn neighborhood, her expectations for the world outside her own quickly fall apart. As she gets to know the young people of Brownsville, Okoye uncovers the truth about the plans of a manipulative real-estate mogul pulling all the strings―and how far-reaching those secret plans really are. Caught between fulfilling her duty to her country and listening to her own heart urging her to stand up for Brownsville, Okoye must determine the type of Dora Milaje―and woman―she wants to be. In this fish-out-of-water story, New York Times best-selling author and National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi combines the high-stakes adventure of the world of the Black Panther with the grounded and real-world challenges that bring her work to life. https://www.ibizoboi.net/books-copy daily 0.75 2023-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/c613fda4-5485-4091-9c30-32c62203113f/Nigeria+Jones+small+copy.jpg Books (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/1621535361702-16CB461U8JKL86OMZHUI/Punching-the-Air-Ibi-Zoboi.jpg Books (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/1621893764170-RYTXDSTR74UYWR3D3R6K/Pride-Ibi-Zoboi.jpeg Books (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/1621893954780-P82CQI74KBZ1P9NVEM1G/American-Street-Ibi-Zoboi.jpeg Books (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/d36be8a5-d9a3-42d0-8122-3d6e35c08e8a/star+child+ibi+zoboi+hi+res+cover.jpeg Books (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/1621894374048-6Y7TZTPK093MWVDYN33X/ice-cream.jpeg Books (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/9ef33757-246e-4e51-99d2-201bfd57a857/COOL.+AWKWARD.+BLACK.+9780593525098+copy.jpg Books (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/da7134da-6e48-4be0-a5eb-bf6625e866bd/Black+Enough_9780062698728+-+small.jpg Books (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/f71d6870-895d-4038-ba93-086e1f55f940/okoye.jpeg Books (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/1622157787613-P56GWCL70ANOUCALCYKU/people.jpeg Books (Copy) https://www.ibizoboi.net/skin daily 0.75 2024-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/4385327b-25c3-4710-acd4-02eaaf34c1d1/SKin+hc+c.jpg (S)Kin - (S)KIN From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her groundbreaking contemporary fantasy debut—a novel in verse based on Caribbean folklore—about the power of inherited magic and the price we must pay to live the life we yearn for. Fifteen-year-old Marisol is the daughter of a soucouyant. Every new moon, she sheds her skin like the many women before her, shifting into a fireball witch who must fly into the night and slowly sip from the lives of others to sustain her own. But Brooklyn is no place for fireball witches with all its bright lights, shut windows, and bolt-locked doors.… While Marisol hoped they would leave their old traditions behind when they emigrated from the islands, she knows this will never happen while she remains ensnared by the one person who keeps her chained to her magical past—her mother. Seventeen-year-old Genevieve is the daughter of a college professor and a newly minted older half-sister of twins. Her worsening skin condition and the babies’ constant wailing keep her up at night when she stares at the dark sky with a deep longing to inhale it all. She hopes to quench the hunger that gnaws at her, one that seems to reach for some memory of her estranged mother. When a new nanny arrives to help with the twins, a family secret connecting her to Marisol is revealed, and Gen begins to find answers to questions she hasn’t even thought to ask. But the girls soon discover that the very skin keeping their flames locked beneath the surface may be more explosive to the relationships around them than any ancient magic. Out February 11, 2025 https://www.ibizoboi.net/firstdayaroundtheworld daily 0.75 2025-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a6822f1e471f054b777f0e/4b95781f-bb97-4de8-91ae-619ff3c9edb4/Zoboi-Londono_FIRST-DAY-AROUND-THE-WORLD_CVR.jpg FIRST DAY AROUND THE WORLD