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American Street

by Ibi Aanu Zoboi

4.3
(3 ratings)
324 pages2017Balzer + BrayISBN 9780062473042

About this book

When Fabiola's mother is detained upon their arrival to the United States, Fabiola must navigate her loud American cousins, the grittiness of Detroit's west side, a new school, and a surprising romance all on her own.

Publication Details

Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Published
2017
Pages
324
ISBN
9780062473042
Language
en

About Ibi Aanu Zoboi

Ibi Zoboi is the New York Times Bestselling author of MY LIFE AS AN ICE CREAM SANDWICH (Penguin, 2019), her middle grade debut, and the Young Adult novels PRIDE (HaperCollins, 2018) and AMERICAN STREET (HarperCollins, 2017), a National Book Award Finalist and recipient of five starred reviews. She is also the editor of BLACK ENOUGH: STORIES OF BEING YOUNG & BLACK IN AMERICA (HarperCollins, 2019). Ibi holds an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her writing has been published in The New York Times Book Review, the Horn Book Magazine, and The Rumpus, among others. As an educator\, she is the recipient of several grants from the Brooklyn Arts Council for her community-based programs for teen girls in both Brooklyn and Haiti. 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. She lives in Maplewood, New Jersey with her husband and their three children. ([source](http://ibizoboi.net/about)

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