A hilarious, honest collection of personal essays about growing up as an introverted Black girl who never quite fits the script other people expect for her. Universally appealing, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl is a book no one—awkward or cool, black, white, or other—will want to miss.

With sharp, self-deprecating humor, Issa shares everything from cringe-worthy online crushes and painfully awkward school dances to family drama and the struggle to love her natural hair and imperfect self. As she navigates friendships, love, and what it means to come into her own voice, Issa shows readers that you don’t have to be the loudest or the coolest person in the room to matter—you just have to be unapologetically yourself.