Brandy Colbert

Colbert was born and raised in the Ozarks, in Springfield, Missouri, where she attended Glendale High School.{{cite news |last1=Wicken |first1=Tamlya |title=Finding a cure for the baby-sitter blues |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/207815874/?terms=%22Brandy%2BColbert%22 |accessdate=18 October 2019 |work=The Springfield News-Leader |date=11 July 1993 |location=Springfield, Missouri |page=4G}} The works of Dorothy West, Barthe DeClements, Jesmyn Ward, Colson Whitehead, and Zadie Smith were impactful to her writing career.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thereadinglists.com/brandy-colbert-reading-list/|title=Brandy Colbert: The Transformative Experience Of Reading {{!}} The Reading Lists|date=2018-03-08|work=The Reading Lists|access-date=November 29, 2018|language=en-GB|archive-date=2021-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131143022/https://www.thereadinglists.com/brandy-colbert-reading-list/|url-status=live}} She began working on what would be her debut novel, Pointe, in 2009, inspired by reports of long-term kidnapping cases.{{Cite news |last=Freitas |first=Donna |date=June 27, 2014 |title=Spring 2014 Flying Starts: Brandy Colbert |language=en |work=Publishers Weekly |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/63115-spring-2014-flying-starts-brandy-colbert.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129100428/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/63115-spring-2014-flying-starts-brandy-colbert.html |archive-date=November 29, 2018}} Colbert also teaches at the Hamline University’s MFA Program in Writing for Children and Young Adults.{{Cite web|title=Four Questions for Brandy Colbert|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/82675-four-questions-for-brandy-colbert.html|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Publishers Weekly|language=en|archive-date=2021-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122104528/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/82675-four-questions-for-brandy-colbert.html|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Pointe (Colbert novel)}}

Colbert's debut young adult Pointe, following a teen dancer in suburban Chicago who has to come to terms with her dark past, was published in 2014 by Putnam.{{cite news |last1=Heppermann |first1=Christine |title=No easy answers when experiencing life, love |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37404473/no_easy_answers_when_experiencing_life/ |accessdate=18 October 2019 |work=Chicago Tribune |location=Chicago, Illinois |page=13 |archive-date=18 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018143502/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37404473/no_easy_answers_when_experiencing_life/ |url-status=live }}

A Chicago Tribune reviewer described the novel as "searing",{{cite news |last1=Heppermann |first1=Christine |title=Why a Y.A.? |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/249123830/?terms=%22Brandy%2BColbert%22 |accessdate=18 October 2019 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=30 November 2014 |location=Chicago, Illinois |page=18 |archive-date=12 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212155951/https://www.newspapers.com/image/249123830/?terms=%22Brandy%2BColbert%22 |url-status=live }} and considered the main character "achingly believable", writing that she "inspires that level of connection" where "you long to reach into the pages ... and tell her, "No, you've got it all wrong". The book received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.

{{Main|Little & Lion}}

Colbert's next young adult novel, Little & Lion, about a sixteen-year-old bisexual teen dealing with her brother's recent bipolar disorder diagnosis and her own sexuality, was published by Little, Brown in 2017.{{cite news |last1=Heppermann |first1=Christine |title=Young adult roundup |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37405883/young_adult_roundup/ |accessdate=18 October 2019 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=3 August 2017 |location=Chicago, Illinois |page=4-4 |archive-date=18 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018145915/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37405883/young_adult_roundup/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Vane |first1=Sharyn |title=Expand the mind this school year with these new books |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37406144/expand_the_mind_this_school_year_with/ |accessdate=18 October 2019 |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=19 August 2017 |location=Austin, Texas |page=E10 |archive-date=18 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018150817/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37406144/expand_the_mind_this_school_year_with/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-316-34900-0|title=Children's Book Review: Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert. Little, Brown, $17.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-316-34900-0|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=November 29, 2018|language=en|archive-date=November 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129100621/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-316-34900-0|url-status=live}}{{cite journal |last1=Bircher |first1=Katie |title=Reviews: Little & Lion |journal=Horn Book Magazine |date=September–October 2017 |volume=93 |issue=5 |page=88 |issn=0018-5078}} It received starred reviews from Booklist,{{Cite book|url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Little-Lion-Brandy-Colbert/pid=8624647|title=Little & Lion, by Brandy Colbert {{!}} Booklist Online|via=www.booklistonline.com|access-date=November 29, 2018|archive-date=November 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129100415/https://www.booklistonline.com/Little-Lion-Brandy-Colbert/pid=8624647|url-status=live}} Kirkus Reviews,{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brandy-colbert/little-lion/ |title=LITTLE & LION {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en |access-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129100728/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brandy-colbert/little-lion/ |url-status=live }} the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books,{{Cite web |title=September 2017 {{!}} Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books |url=https://bccb.ischool.illinois.edu/monthly/archived-september-2017/ |access-date=October 11, 2023|language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207032633/https://bccb.ischool.illinois.edu/monthly/archived-september-2017/ |url-status=live }} and School Library Journal.{{Cite news|url=https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=little-lion-by-brandy-colbert-slj-review|title=Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert {{!}} SLJ Review|work=School Library Journal|access-date=November 29, 2018|archive-date=November 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129100404/https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=little-lion-by-brandy-colbert-slj-review|url-status=live}}

Little & Lion also won the 2018 Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/02/little-lion-and-57-bus-win-2018-stonewall-children-s-and-young-adult|title='Little & Lion' and 'The 57 Bus' win 2018 Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award|last=Morales|first=Macey|date=2018-02-12|website=American Library Association|access-date=November 29, 2018|language=en|archive-date=November 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129100635/http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/02/little-lion-and-57-bus-win-2018-stonewall-children-s-and-young-adult|url-status=live}}

BuzzFeed and Tablet named Little & Lion one of the best young adult novels of 2017. Kirkus Reviews included it on their list of the year's best teen romance novels.{{Cite web |date=2017-04-30 |title=Little & Lion |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brandy-colbert/little-lion/ |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Kirkus Reviews |archive-date=2022-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926195144/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brandy-colbert/little-lion/ |url-status=live }} Booklist also included it on their 2017 Editors' Choice: Books for Youth list.{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2018 |title=Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2017 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice/pid=9320435 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Booklist |archive-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228080148/https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice/pid=9320435 |url-status=live }}

In 2018, the American Library Association included it on their Best Fiction for Young Adults list, and Rainbow List.{{Cite web |last=Gonzales |first=Naomi |date=2018-02-11 |title=2018 Rainbow List |url=https://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/archives/1270 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Rainbow Book List |language=en-US |via=American Library Association |archive-date=2021-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517000053/https://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/archives/1270 |url-status=live }}

{{Main|Finding Yvonne}}

Colbert's third novel, Finding Yvonne, about a privileged teenager deciding what to do with her future when she unexpectedly becomes pregnant, was published by Little, Brown in 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pickmyya.com/single-post/2017/11/26/Beyond-The-Bio-Brandy-Colbert|title=Beyond The Bio: Brandy Colbert {{!}} pickmyya|website=pickmyya|language=en|access-date=November 29, 2018|archive-date=November 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129100721/http://www.pickmyya.com/single-post/2017/11/26/Beyond-The-Bio-Brandy-Colbert|url-status=live}}

In 2018, the New York Public Library named Finding Yvonne one of the year's best books for teens. The following year, it was a CCBC Choices selection.

{{Main|The Revolution of Birdie Randolph}}

Colbert's fourth novel, The Revolution of Birdie Randolph, a coming-of-age story about a 16-year-old girl, was published in 2019 by Little, Brown.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenerddaily.com/brandy-colbert-author-interview/|title=Q&A: Brandy Colbert, Author of 'The Revolution of Birdie Randolph'|date=2019-08-22|website=The Nerd Daily|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-02-20|archive-date=2020-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220011146/https://www.thenerddaily.com/brandy-colbert-author-interview/|url-status=live}}

In 2019, the Chicago Public Library named The Revolution of Birdie Randolph one of the best young adult books of the year, and Booklist included it on their 2019 Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth list.{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2020 |title=Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2019 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9730083 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Booklist |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606084026/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9730083 |url-status=live }} The following year, the American Library Association selected it for their Best Fiction for Young Adults list.{{Cite web |date=March 15, 2020 |title=Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2020 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9732774 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Booklist |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123021859/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9732774 |url-status=live }}

{{Main|The Only Black Girls in Town}}

Colbert's first middle grade novel, The Only Black Girls in Town, about two black girls who find a mysterious journal in their attic, was published by Little, Brown in March 2020. Colbert says she found writing middle grade books intimidating, because she perceived writing for a younger audience as harder, and says that she wanted to write something that would've spoken to her as a kid. The initial idea for the novel came to her as she thought about what would happen if a character thought they were the only Black girl in town, but then another one moved in across the street. She cites Judy Blume and Beverly Clearly's books as influences for the novel.

The Only Black Girls in Town received starred reviews from Booklist,{{Cite web |last=Owens |first=Shaunterria |date=March 15, 2020 |title=Only Black Girls in Town, by By Brandy Colbert |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/The-Only-Black-Girls-in-Town-By-Brandy-Colbert/pid=9727720 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407102623/https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Only-Black-Girls-in-Town-By-Brandy-Colbert/pid=9727720 |archive-date=April 7, 2023 |access-date=October 11, 2023 |website=Booklist}} BookPage,{{Cite web |last=Seggel |first=Heather |date=March 6, 2020 |title=The Only Black Girls in Town |url=https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/24999-brandy-colbert-only-black-girls-town-childrens/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130181206/https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/24999-brandy-colbert-only-black-girls-town-childrens/ |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |access-date=October 11, 2023 |website=BookPage |language=en-US}} Kirkus Reviews,{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brandy-colbert/the-only-black-girls-in-town/|title=THE ONLY BLACK GIRLS IN TOWN {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en|access-date=2020-02-20|archive-date=2020-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220100716/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brandy-colbert/the-only-black-girls-in-town/|url-status=live}} Publishers Weekly,{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-316-45638-8|title=Children's Book Review: The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert. Little, Brown, $16.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-316-45638-8|website=Publishers Weekly|language=en|access-date=2020-02-20|archive-date=2020-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220011147/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-316-45638-8|url-status=live}} School Library Journal,{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Desiree |date=March 20, 2020 |title=The Only Black Girls in Town |url=https://www.slj.com/review/the-only-black-girls-in-town |access-date=October 11, 2023 |website=School Library Journal |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214014531/https://www.slj.com/review/the-only-black-girls-in-town |url-status=live }} and Shelf Awareness.{{Cite web |date=March 24, 2020 |title=The Only Black Girls in Town |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=904 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207215027/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=904 |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |access-date=October 11, 2023|website=Shelf Awareness}}

In 2021, the Association for Library and Information Science Education on their list of Notable Children's Books.{{Cite web |date=March 15, 2021 |title=Notable Children's Books: 2021 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Notable-Children-s-Books/pid=9745857 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Booklist |archive-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131155421/https://www.booklistonline.com/Notable-Children-s-Books/pid=9745857 |url-status=live }}

{{Main|The Voting Booth (novel)}}

The Voting Booth{{Cite web |date=2020-07-04 |title=Brandy Colbert explains how 'The Voting Booth' takes two teens on an election day adventure |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2020/07/04/brandy-colbert-explains-how-the-voting-booth-takes-two-teens-on-an-election-day-adventure |access-date=2021-01-28 |website=Orange County Register |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112210122/https://www.ocregister.com/2020/07/04/brandy-colbert-explains-how-the-voting-booth-takes-two-teens-on-an-election-day-adventure/ |url-status=live }}, about two 18-year-olds on their first election day as registered voters, was published by Disney Hyperion in 2020 and reviewed in the New York Times.{{Cite news|last=Yoon|first=Nicola|date=2020-08-01|title=For Two Teenagers on Election Day, the Political Gets Personal|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/01/books/review/brandy-colbert-the-voting-booth.html|access-date=2021-01-28|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2020-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104004143/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/01/books/review/brandy-colbert-the-voting-booth.html|url-status=live}}

In 2020, Booklist included The Voting Booth on their Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth list,{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2021 |title=The Voting Booth |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice/pid=9743352 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Booklist |archive-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131155419/https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice/pid=9743352 |url-status=live }} as well as their list of the top ten romance novels for youth.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Julia |date=September 1, 2020 |title=Top 10 Romance Fiction for Youth: 2020 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9739477 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Booklist |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011232922/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9739477 |url-status=live }} The following year, it was included on Young Adult Library Services Association's (YALSA) list of the best fiction for young adults.{{Cite web |date=March 15, 2021 |title=Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2021 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Best-Fiction-for-Young-Adults/pid=9744798 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Booklist |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606034410/https://www.booklistonline.com/Best-Fiction-for-Young-Adults/pid=9744798 |url-status=live }}

{{Main|Black Birds in the Sky}}

In 2021, Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was published by HarperCollins / Balzer + Bray.

In 2021, Booklist included Black Birds in the Sky on their Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth list,{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2022 |title=Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2021 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice/pid=9758517 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Booklist |archive-date=January 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127155106/https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice/pid=9758517 |url-status=live }} as well as their 2022 list of the top ten history books for youth.{{Cite web |last=Reagan |first=Maggie |date=February 1, 2022 |title=Top 10 History for Youth: 2022 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9759373 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Booklist |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210232123/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9759373 |url-status=live }}

It won the 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Nonfiction{{Cite web |last=Book |first=Horn |title=BGHB 2022: Black Birds in the Sky |url=https://www.hbook.com/story/bghb-2022-black-birds-in-the-sky |access-date=October 11, 2023 |website=The Horn Book |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214014531/https://www.hbook.com/story/bghb-2022-black-birds-in-the-sky |url-status=live }} and was a finalist for the 2022 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award.{{Cite web |last=Serbekian |first=Michael |date=2021-12-16 |title=YALSA announces 2022 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award finalists |url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/12/yalsa-announces-2022-excellence-nonfiction-young-adults-award-finalists |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=American Library Association |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605155640/https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/12/yalsa-announces-2022-excellence-nonfiction-young-adults-award-finalists |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=December 17, 2021 |title=Awards: YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Finalists; PEN America Literary Longlists |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4135 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=February 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217095751/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4135 |url-status=live }}

{{main|The Blackwoods}}

The Blackwoods, the story of a Hollywood screen legend and her family, was published by HarperCollins / Balzer + Bray in 2023.{{Cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780063091597 |title=The Blackwoods at Publishers Weekly |access-date=September 3, 2023|archive-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903200739/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780063091597 |url-status=live }}

In 2023, Kirkus Reviews named The Blackwoods one of the best young adult books of the year.{{Cite web |last=Simeon |first=Laura |date=December 10, 2023|title=Best of 2023: Our Favorite YA and Teen Books |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/best-of-2023-our-favorite-ya-and-teen-books/ |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |archive-date=December 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211142209/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/best-of-2023-our-favorite-ya-and-teen-books/ |url-status=live }}

Eight of Colbert's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Life in Motion: Young Readers Edition (2016),{{Cite web |title=Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina: Young Readers Edition |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/life-in-motion-an-unlikely-ballerina-you-9781481479790j |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Junior Library Guild |language=en |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214014532/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/life-in-motion-an-unlikely-ballerina-you-9781481479790j |url-status=live }} Little & Lion (2017),{{Cite web |title=Little & Lion |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/little-lion-a-novel-9780316349000j |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Junior Library Guild |language=en |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214014532/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/little-lion-a-novel-9780316349000j |url-status=live }} Finding Yvonne (2018),{{Cite web |title=Finding Yvonne |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/finding-yvonne-9780316349055j |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Junior Library Guild |language=en |archive-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212181450/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/finding-yvonne-9780316349055j |url-status=live }} The Only Black Girls in Town (2020),{{Cite web |title=The Only Black Girls in Town |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/the-only-black-girls-in-town-9780316456388j |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Junior Library Guild |language=en |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214014532/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/the-only-black-girls-in-town-9780316456388j |url-status=live }} The Revolution of Birdie Randolph (2020),{{Cite web |title=The Revolution of Birdie Randolph |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/the-revolution-of-birdie-randolph-9780316448567j |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Junior Library Guild |language=en |archive-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212040137/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/the-revolution-of-birdie-randolph-9780316448567j |url-status=live }} The Voting Booth (2020),{{Cite web |title=The Voting Booth (Audiobook) |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/the-voting-booth-audiobook-9781954659285j |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Junior Library Guild |language=en |archive-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212040136/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/the-voting-booth-audiobook-9781954659285j |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=The Voting Booth |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/the-voting-booth-9781368053297j |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Junior Library Guild |language=en |archive-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212040137/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/the-voting-booth-9781368053297j |url-status=live }} Black Birds in the Sky (2021),{{Cite web |title=Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/black-birds-in-the-sky-the-story-and-leg-9780063056664j |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Junior Library Guild |language=en |archive-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212040137/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/black-birds-in-the-sky-the-story-and-leg-9780063056664j |url-status=live }} and The Blackwoods (2023).{{Cite web |title=The Blackwoods |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/the-blackwoods-9780063091597j |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Junior Library Guild |language=en |archive-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212040137/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/the-blackwoods-9780063091597j |url-status=live }}

• {{Cite book |title=Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories |publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group |year=2016 |isbn=9781250079121 |editor-last=Perkins |editor-first=Stephanie}}{{Cite news |title=Children's Book Review: Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories. Edited by Stephanie Perkins. St. Martin's Griffin, $19.99 (400p) ISBN 978-1-250-07912-1 |language=en |work=PublishersWeekly.com |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-250-07912-1 |access-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129103339/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-250-07912-1 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Heppermann |first1=Christine |date=17 July 2016 |title=Roundup: Young Adult. Summer Days and Summer Nights |page=18 |work=Chicago Tribune |location=Chicago, Illinois |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/241916617/?terms=%22Brandy%2BColbert%22 |accessdate=18 October 2019 |archive-date=12 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212040137/https://www.newspapers.com/image/241916617/?terms=%22Brandy%2BColbert%22 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Feral Youth |publisher=Simon Pulse |year=2017 |isbn=9781481491112}}{{Cite news |title=Children's Book Review: Feral Youth by Shaun David Hutchinson, et al. Simon Pulse, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4814-9111-2 |language=en |work=PublishersWeekly.com |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4814-9111-2 |access-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129162048/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4814-9111-2 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=July 24, 2017 |title=Feral Youth by E C Myers (et al.) |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781481491112 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208080933/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781481491112 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Three Sides of a Heart: Stories about Love Triangles |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2017 |isbn=9780062424471 |editor-last=Parker |editor-first=Natalie C.}}{{Cite news |title=Three Sides of a Heart by Natalie C. Parker {{!}} SLJ Review |work=School Library Journal |url=https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=three-sides-heart-natalie-c-parker-slj-review |access-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129100257/https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=three-sides-heart-natalie-c-parker-slj-review |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2017 |title=Three Sides of a Heart by Natalie C Parker |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780062424471 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=January 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128235024/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780062424471 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America |publisher=Simon Pulse |year=2018 |isbn=9781534409019 |editor-last=Reed |editor-first=Amy}}{{Cite web |date=2018-05-14 |title=Our Stories, Our Voices |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/amy-reed/our-stories-our-voices/ |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Kirkus Reviews |archive-date=April 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426055645/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/amy-reed/our-stories-our-voices/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=Children's Book Review: Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America. Edited by Amy Reed. Simon Pulse, $18.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-5344-0899-9 |language=en |work=PublishersWeekly.com |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-5344-0899-9 |access-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129103335/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-5344-0899-9 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Beram |first=Nell |date=August 21, 2018 |title=Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=742 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207220443/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=742 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |last= |first= |title=Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft |publisher=Harlequin Teen |year=2018 |isbn=9781335016270 |editor-last=Spotswood |editor-first=Jessica |chapter=The Truth About Queenie |editor-last2=Sharpe |editor-first2=Tess}}{{Cite web |date=2018-06-17 |title=Toil & Trouble |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tess-sharpe/toil-trouble/ |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Kirkus Reviews |archive-date=June 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610053605/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tess-sharpe/toil-trouble/ |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2019 |isbn=9780062698742 |editor-last=Zoboi |editor-first=Ibi |chapter=Oreo}}{{Cite news |title=Children's Book Review: Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America. Edited by Ibi Zoboi. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-06-269872-8 |language=en |work=PublishersWeekly.com |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-269872-8 |access-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-date=2018-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111175017/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-269872-8 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Quattlebaum |first1=Mary |date=January 10, 2019 |title=How does it feel to be young and black in America? A new book offers a glimpse |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/how-does-it-feel-to-be-young-and-black-in-america-a-new-book-offers-a-glimpse/2019/01/09/a3372f50-102d-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html |accessdate=18 October 2019 |archive-date=18 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018154647/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/how-does-it-feel-to-be-young-and-black-in-america-a-new-book-offers-a-glimpse/2019/01/09/a3372f50-102d-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Foreshadow: A Serial YA Anthology of Short Stories |year=2019}}
• {{Cite book |title=Up All Night: 13 Stories between Sunset and Sunrise |publisher=Algonquin Young Readers |year=2021 |isbn=9781643750415 |editor-last=Silverman |editor-first=Laura}}{{Cite web |date=May 27, 2021 |title=Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunset and Sunrise by |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781643750415 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603153254/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781643750415 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=The Moment: Changemakers on Why and How They Joined the Fight for Social Justice |publisher=University of Georgia Press |year=2022 |isbn=9781588384751 |editor-last=Fiffer |editor-first=Steve}}

• {{Cite book |title=Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina Young Readers Edition |publisher=Aladdin |others=Co-written with Misty Copeland |year=2016 |isbn=9781481479790}}{{Cite web |date=2016-10-10 |title=Life in Motion |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/misty-copeland/life-in-motion-copeland/ |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Kirkus Reviews |archive-date=2022-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203061237/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/misty-copeland/life-in-motion-copeland/ |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre |publisher=Balzer + Bray |year=2021 |isbn=9780063056664}}{{Cite web |date=2021-07-12 |title=Black Birds in the Sky |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brandy-colbert/black-birds-in-the-sky/ |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Kirkus Reviews |archive-date=April 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409051507/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brandy-colbert/black-birds-in-the-sky/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Conner |first=Kaitlin |date=December 15, 2021 |title=Black Birds in the Sky |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Black-Birds-in-the-Sky-/pid=9756347 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Booklist |archive-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212040137/https://www.booklistonline.com/Black-Birds-in-the-Sky-/pid=9756347 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=September 16, 2021 |title=Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy Colbert |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780063056664 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=September 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230911091046/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780063056664 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Staley |first=ColbertAllison |date=November 1, 2021 |title=Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre |url=https://www.slj.com/review/black-birds-in-the-sky-the-story-and-legacy-of-the-1921-tulsa-race-massacre |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=School Library Journal |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214014532/https://www.slj.com/review/black-birds-in-the-sky-the-story-and-legacy-of-the-1921-tulsa-race-massacre |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Natasha |date=October 22, 2021 |title=Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=1067 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=January 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127104941/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=1067 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks |publisher=Beacon Press |others=Co-adapted with Jeanne Theoharis |year=2021 |edition=Young Readers |isbn=9780807067574}}{{Cite web |date=2021-01-11 |title=The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jeanne-theoharis/rebellious-life-mrs-rosa-parks-young-readers-edition/ |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Kirkus Reviews |archive-date=2021-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921132342/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jeanne-theoharis/rebellious-life-mrs-rosa-parks-young-readers-edition/ |url-status=live }}

• {{Cite book |title=Pointe |publisher=Penguin Books |year=2014 |isbn=9780399160349}}{{Cite web |date=2014-02-18 |title=Pointe |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brandy-colbert/pointe/ |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Kirkus Reviews |archive-date=2020-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927080540/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brandy-colbert/pointe/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Kraus |first=Daniel |date=April 15, 2014 |title=Pointe |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Pointe-Brandy-Colbert/pid=6465081 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Booklist |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202123345/https://www.booklistonline.com/Pointe-Brandy-Colbert/pid=6465081 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Ratzan |first=Jill |date=March 1, 2014 |title=Pointe |url=https://www.slj.com/review/pointe |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=School Library Journal |archive-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212155951/https://www.slj.com/review/pointe |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=February 10, 2014 |title=Pointe by Brandy Colbert |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780399160349 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909212830/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780399160349 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Little & Lion |publisher=Little, Brown & Company |year=2017 |isbn=9780316349000}}{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2017 |title=Little & Lion |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Little-Lion-Brandy-Colbert/pid=8624647 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Booklist |archive-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129100415/https://www.booklistonline.com/Little-Lion-Brandy-Colbert/pid=8624647 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Diegelman |first=Amy |date=June 1, 2017 |title=Little & Lion |url=https://www.slj.com/review/little--lion |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=School Library Journal}}{{Cite web |last=Gómez |first=Sarah Hannah |date=August 11, 2017 |title=Little & Lion |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=636 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=November 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122040209/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=636 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=June 5, 2017 |title=Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780316349000 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=September 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230911091044/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780316349000 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=Finding Yvonne |publisher=Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |year=2018 |isbn=9780316349055}}{{Cite web |date=May 1, 2018 |title=Finding Yvonne |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Finding-Yvonne-/pid=9251963 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Booklist |archive-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212181448/https://www.booklistonline.com/Finding-Yvonne-/pid=9251963 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Goldsmith |first=COLBERTFrancisca |date=May 1, 2018 |title=Finding Yvonne |url=https://www.slj.com/review/finding-yvonne |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=School Library Journal}}{{Cite web |date=June 4, 2018 |title=Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780316349062 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909211330/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780316349062 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=The Revolution of Birdie Randolph |publisher=Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |year=2019 |isbn=9780316448567}}{{Cite web |date=2019-04-15 |title=The Revolution of Birdie Randolph |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brandy-colbert/revolution-birdie-randolph/ |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Kirkus Reviews |archive-date=2021-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304200225/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brandy-colbert/revolution-birdie-randolph/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Davenport |first=Enishia |date=May 15, 2019 |title=The Revolution of Birdie Randolph |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Revolution-of-Birdie-Randolph-/pid=9711497 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Booklist |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214015053/https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Revolution-of-Birdie-Randolph-/pid=9711497 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The Revolution of Birdie Randolph |url=https://www.slj.com/review/the-revolution-of-birdie-randolph |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=School Library Journal |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214015056/https://www.slj.com/review/the-revolution-of-birdie-randolph |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=McDaniel |first=Breanna J. |date=August 27, 2019 |title=The Revolution of Birdie Randolph |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=845 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227005900/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=845 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=May 30, 2019 |title=The Revolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780316448567 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909212845/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780316448567 |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite book |title=The Only Black Girls in Town |publisher=Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |year=2020}}
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