Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair
From Book Trigger Warnings
Coffee Will Make You Black
| Author(s) | April Sinclair |
|---|---|
| Published | 1995 |
| Publisher | Harper Perennial |
| Genre(s) | Historical Fiction |
| Age group | Young Adult |
Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair is a young adult historical fiction novel, originally published in 1995. It is the first book in the Stevie Stevenson series.
Trigger Warnings
- Alcohol (some underage)
- Alcoholism
- Antisemitism
- Assault
- Catcalling
- Cheating (mentioned)
- Classism
- Colorism/Texturism
- Corporal punishment of a child
- Fat-shaming
- Gun violence (mentioned)
- Homophobia
- Lesbiphobia
- Misogynoir
- Political assassination (mentioned)
- Racism
- Sexism
- Sexual coercion
- Sexual harassment
- Slavery (mentioned)
- Smoking (some underage)
- Tear-gas
- Transphobia
- Underage sex
- Vietnam war (mentioned)
Representation
- Black main character*
- Questioning main character
- Black side characters
- Implied WLW side character
Tropes
- Age gap crush (16/almost 30)
