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Paying attention to other human beings and exploring my own human experience.
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Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America – An Acclaimed YA Anthology on Diverse Teen Experiences
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2019
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13 editions
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Calling My Name
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2017
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10 editions
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All the Things We Never Knew
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2020
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5 editions
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This Ain't Our First Rodeo
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2026
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5 editions
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What She Missed: A Lyrical YA Coming-of-Age Story for Black Girls About Summer Friendship and First Love in Texas
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2023
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6 editions
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“The tardy bell rings, but I'm still here, staring at the symbol for women, wondering why we're the ones who have to make babies, why we're the ones who have to deal with the blood, the stains, the shame.”
― Calling My Name
― Calling My Name
“The bus stops right in front of our house and takes me day to day, week to week, and month to month of the same girls saying the same things. But at the end of March, as I stand on the stage, accepting my award for receiving 100 percent in every class for the whole month, I catch a glimpse of myself in the certificate's shiny gold stamp and finger my baby hair back away from my face. I know I'm not going to get stuck on the bus with those girls. I'm going to travel places too far for them to see, miles and miles outside of being black, past the snap of their fingers with the complementary 'Baby, boom,' 'Baby, pop,' or 'Baby, please,' past anything they say about me until I can feel them so far behind that I can look back and see stupid little girls, still occasionally talking their smack, pushing me on.”
― Calling My Name
― Calling My Name
“She would always be the same girl, whether she was clear to herself or others or a big question mark. Even her clarity would get lost in the blur of life. She would forget what she had learned, make mistakes, and then remember. Only to forget again. Remember and learn, remember and learn, again and again. So she had better figure out how to forgive herself.”
― What She Missed: A Lyrical YA Coming-of-Age Story for Black Girls About Summer Friendship and First Love in Texas
― What She Missed: A Lyrical YA Coming-of-Age Story for Black Girls About Summer Friendship and First Love in Texas
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“She would always be the same girl, whether she was clear to herself or others or a big question mark. Even her clarity would get lost in the blur of life. She would forget what she had learned, make mistakes, and then remember. Only to forget again. Remember and learn, remember and learn, again and again. So she had better figure out how to forgive herself.”
― What She Missed: A Lyrical YA Coming-of-Age Story for Black Girls About Summer Friendship and First Love in Texas
― What She Missed: A Lyrical YA Coming-of-Age Story for Black Girls About Summer Friendship and First Love in Texas
“She was so close. Almost there. If only she would've been open. Honest. Maybe then she could've glimpsed herself. Made space in the hurt for her light. Taken more responsibility for herself. Returned to loving and being loved.”
― What She Missed: A Lyrical YA Coming-of-Age Story for Black Girls About Summer Friendship and First Love in Texas
― What She Missed: A Lyrical YA Coming-of-Age Story for Black Girls About Summer Friendship and First Love in Texas
“Don't be afraid of the unknown. As you grow and change, stay close to the things you love, the things that bring you light and joy and peace. In time, more will be revealed.”
― What She Missed: A Lyrical YA Coming-of-Age Story for Black Girls About Summer Friendship and First Love in Texas
― What She Missed: A Lyrical YA Coming-of-Age Story for Black Girls About Summer Friendship and First Love in Texas
“What She Missed. Sitting outside at night with blackness stretching around her. Looking up at the brightest and tiniest stars. Eyeing specks of light across the lake where people live. Spotting fires. Noticing streetlights, porch lights, and headlights meandering through the hills. Seeing all of the light in the dark.”
― What She Missed: A Lyrical YA Coming-of-Age Story for Black Girls About Summer Friendship and First Love in Texas
― What She Missed: A Lyrical YA Coming-of-Age Story for Black Girls About Summer Friendship and First Love in Texas
“I love you, Rex." I tell him. And I feel his trembling hands go still on the crown of my head. See his tender face burst open. Hear a hundred tiny bells toll in my heart. No false alarms.”
― All the Things We Never Knew
― All the Things We Never Knew
