Pride: A Pride & Prejudice Remix

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In a timely update of Jane Austen'sPride and Prejudice,National Book Award finalistIbi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic. A smart, funny, gorgeous retelling starring all characters of color.

Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pridein her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable.

When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. She especially cant stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. Yet as Zuri and Darius are forced to find common ground, their initial dislike shifts into an unexpected understanding.

But with four wild sisters pulling her in different directions, cute boy Warren vying for her attention, and college applications hovering on the horizon, Zuri fights to find her place in Bushwicks changing landscape, or lose it all.

"Zoboi skillfully depicts the vicissitudes of teenage relationships, and Zuris outsize pride and poetic sensibility make her a sympathetic teenager in a contemporary story about race, gentrification, and young love."(Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List")

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This Bushwick-set, contemporary retelling of Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice tackles gentriciation, Blackness, and romance with honesty, humor, and heart. This excellent coming-of-age take on a classic belongs on all YA shelves. School Library Journal (starred review) Stands solidly on its own while cleverly paralleling Austens classic in a contemporary story about race, gentrification, and young love Publishers Weekly (starred review) A razor-sharp remix of Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice that deals in gentrification, racism, love, culture, and heritage, all helmed by intelligent teens in New Yorks Bushwick neighborhood. Booklist [A] lively and innovative Pride and Prejudice retelling (starring a fully rounded Afro-Latinx YA character) The Horn Book Jane Austens piercing comedy of manners provides the ideal template for Ibi Zobois shrewd, timely second novel... Chicago Tribune Brooklyns gentrifying Bushwick neighborhood offers the vivid backdrop for this entertaining update, adding complicating factors of cultural identity and racism to Austens classic tale. Buffalo News Praise for AMERICAN STREET: Mixing gritty street life with the tenderness of first love, Haitian Vodou, and family bonds, the book is at once chilling, evocative, and reaffirming. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Praise for AMERICAN STREET: Filling her pages with magic, humanity, tragedy, and hope, Zoboi builds up, takes apart, and then rebuilds an unforgettable story. This book will take root in readers hearts. Kirkus Reviews(starred review) Praise for AMERICAN STREET: Zoboi urges us to examine the American dream to see if there is room within it to hold the ones we love. Ebony Magazine Praise for AMERICAN STREET: Zobois stunning debut intertwines mysticism and love with grit and violenceFierce and beautiful. Booklist (starred review) Praise for AMERICAN STREET: Will reach young readers regardless of their background. Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books (starred review) Praise for AMERICAN STREET: A breathtaking story about contemporary America that will serve as a mirror to some and a window for others, and it will stay with anyone who reads it. School Library Journal (starred review) Praise for AMERICAN STREET: A poignant meditation on one girls struggle to find her way in a new world. Nicola Yoon, New York Times bestselling author of The Sun is Also a Star and Everything, Everything Praise for AMERICAN STREET: Brimming with culture, magic, warmth, and unabashed rawness, American Street is ultimately a blistering tale of humanity. This is Manchild in the Promised Land, for a new generation, and a remarkable debut from Zoboi, who without question is an inevitable force in storytelling. Jason Reynolds, award-winning co-author of All American Boys Praise for AMERICAN STREET: Zobois nascent storytelling gifts ensnare from page one. To this spellbinding voice of the next generation, I bow. Rita Williams-Garcia, New York Times bestselling author and three-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award

Author Bio

Ibi Zoboi was born in Haiti, and holds an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her writing has been published in The New York Times Book Review, and The Rumpus, among others. She is the author of American Street, a US National Book Award finalist. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and three children. You can find her online at www.ibizoboi.net.