Black kid. Today’s YA authors are going into the nuances of growing up while Black in different countries, neighborhoods, family structures, and body types.
They are inventing characters that speak to the unique challenges our children are facing today, and could be facing tomorrow.
Scribes are embracing mystical traditions by tapping into ancestral knowledge to create fantasy work that highlights our history.
They are allowing kids to escape through engaging storylines that provoke interest in their own cultures and those of nations across the diaspora.
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