Pride // A Pride & Prejudice Remix

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 pride in 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 can’t 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 Bushwick’s changing landscape, or lose it all.

Zoboi skillfully depicts the vicissitudes of teenage relationships, and Zuri’s outsize pride and poetic sensibility make her a sympathetic teenager in a contemporary story about race, gentrification, and young love.

Ibi Zoboiholds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her novelAmerican Streetwas a National Book Award finalist and aNew York TimesNotable Book. She is also the author ofPrideandMy Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich, aNew York Timesbestseller. She is the editor of the anthologyBlack Enough. Born in Haiti and raised in New York City, she now lives in New Jersey with her husband and their three children. You can find her online at www.ibizoboi.net.

• Publisher: Balzer + Bray; Reprint edition (December 17, 2019)
• Language:English
• Paperback: 304 pages
• ISBN-10: 0062564056
• ISBN-13: 9780062564054
• Reading age: 13 – 17 years
• Grade level: 8 – 9
• Item Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Dimensions: 5.31 x 0.68 x 8 inches