Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

This is a great collection with a strong variety of voices and stories. I am extremely hung up on one particular story in which a Black girl is secretly obsessed with Friends (which, I get it, Friends is having a renaissance and all the teens are into it) even though it's a show about white people and her other Black friends don't get it. Sure, sure, but, BUT, she has a crush on ROSS?!??! Her favorite is ROSS?!?! IS ANYONE'S FAVORITE ROSS???? this is where I draw the line of believably!!!!

ahem but for more positive examples, I loved Renee Watson's story about a teen girl encountering her half-sister at summer camp and not JUST because I love all stories about summer camp, but I loved the initial prickliness of the relationship and the difference in economic class and appearance between the sisters and the way (spoiler?) they gradually overcome those differences. And Coe Booth's story about Black teen nerd love at Hackathons (which are like summer camp but for nerds)?

A great variety of stories here, will make it easy for readers to find new favorite authors to check out.