In Ibi Zoboi’s Fictional Worlds, Black Girls Dream in Color
This Haitian American author shakes up young adult literature with characters who transcend universes
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6 min readAug 26, 2019
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Ibi Zoboi’s first novel, American Street, established her as a powerful new voice in young adult fiction. A Haitian American coming-of-age story set in Detroit, it landed on numerous best of 2017…