Teaching Idea: Pick a place in your life, and Use Zoboi’s writing as a mentor text to share that place with others (e.g. “ If Madrina’s basement is where the tamboras, los espíritus, and old ancestral memories live, the roof is where the wind chimes, dreams, and possibilities float with the stars, where Janae and I share our secrets and plan to travel all over the world, Haiti and the Dominican Republic being our first stop” (p. Using this knowledge develop your own form of political art ( ) to make a statement. Teaching Idea: As a class, explore the impacts of gentrification and displacement. What those rich people don’t always know is that broken and forgotten neighborhoods were first built out of love” (p. People can be thrown away too, like last night’s trash left out on sidewalks or pushed to the edge of wherever all broken things go. But it’s not just the junky stuff they’ll get rid of. “It’s a truth universally acknowledged that when rich people move into the hood, where it’s a little bit broken and a little bit forgotten, the first thing they want to do is clean it up. It interrogates themes related to economics, race, education, and gender. This book is so much more than a love story. I love her work and will read anything she writes. She also shared how different poems within Pride are retellings of classic poems.

She talked about how she values the inclusion of the pantheon in literature and how she does so in her own texts. Ibi presented at the NCTE convention, and she is absolutely brilliant. I love retellings of classics, and I would argue that this retelling is far superior to the original.

In a timely update of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, critically acclaimed author Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic. Yet as Zuri and Darius are forced to find common ground, their initial dislike shifts into an unexpected understanding.īut 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. She especially can’t stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. 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. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable.

Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. Summary: Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring all characters of color, from Ibi Zoboi, National Book Award finalist and author of American Street.

Pride and prejudice remix