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Ibi Zoboi

Ibi Zoboi is the New York Times Bestselling author of books for children and teens, including American Street, a National Book Award Finalist, 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 a two-time Coretta Scott King Author 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 Author Award for Nigeria Jones. She is the editor of the anthology Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America and has written Okoye to the People, a Black Panther novel for Marvel. Born in Haiti and raised in New York City, Ibi lives in New Jersey. https://www.ibizoboi.net/

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First Day Around the World

First Day Around the World

2025
(S)Kin

(S)Kin

2025
Nigeria Jones

Nigeria Jones

2023
Calling the Moon: 16 Period Stories from BIPOC Authors

Calling the Moon: 16 Period Stories from BIPOC Authors

2022
Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

2022
Okoye to the People: A Black Panther Novel

Okoye to the People: A Black Panther Novel

2022
That Way Madness Lies

That Way Madness Lies

2021

with Lindsay Smith, Kiersten White and Joy McCullough

Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora

Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora

2021
The People Remember

The People Remember

2021
Punching the Air

Punching the Air

2020

with Yusef Salaam

A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope

A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope

2020

with Alaya Dawn Johnson and Danielle Paige

My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich

My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich

2019
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

2019

with Brandy Colbert, Jason Reynolds, Kekla Magoon, Nic Stone, Renee Watson, Leah Henderson and Lamar Giles

Meet Cute: Count Down to Valentine's Day

Meet Cute: Count Down to Valentine's Day

2018
Pride

Pride

2018
Dear Heartbreak

Dear Heartbreak

2018

with A. S. King, Kekla Magoon, Jasmine Warga, Nina LaCour and Becky Albertalli

American Street

American Street

2017
A Is for Ayiti

A Is for Ayiti

2012
Under the Needle's Eye

Under the Needle's Eye

2012

with Linda DeMeulemeester

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A Little Bit Super: With Small Powers Come Big Problems

A Little Bit Super: With Small Powers Come Big Problems

2024

with Nikki Grimes, Meg Medina and Daniel Nayeri