Black identity, migration and the stories imposed on young people drive Ibi Zoboi’s YA and middle-grade fiction. American Street follows Fabiola Toussaint after she arrives in Detroit from Haiti while her mother is detained by immigration authorities, forcing her to adapt to relatives and a neighbourhood she barely knows. Pride reworks Pride and Prejudice in Brooklyn through Zuri Benitez, gentrification and a wealthy new family across the street. Punching the Air, written with Yusef Salaam, uses verse to follow a teenage boy navigating incarceration and art after a wrongful conviction. Zoboi’s prose is energetic and voice-led, combining realism with cultural specificity. In discovery terms, the work connects with Her books Black YA, immigrant fiction, verse novels and contemporary retellings. Read more Less
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