She doesn’t love the gentrification changing her hood, like my face and body when I was in. Zuri, or ZZ from the Block, loves her big, loud Haitian-Dominican family. 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. Seventeen-year-old Zuri Benitez deals with gentrification in her Brooklyn neighborhood and her own bias in this Pride and Prejudice remix. 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. Yet as Zuri and Darius are forced to find common ground, their initial dislike shifts into an unexpected understanding. She especially can't stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius.

But with four wild sisters pulling her in different directions, cute boy Warren vying for her attention, and college applications. 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. 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. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots.

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