Star Child
A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
Narrator: Ibi Zoboi & Robin Miles
Imprint: Listening Library
Grades: Grade 5 & Up
Ages: 10 and up
Release Date: January 25, 2022
1 Hours and 31 Minutes
List Price: $56
ISBN: 9780593503249
Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction - Biography & Autobiography - Literary, Juvenile Nonfiction - People & Places - United States - African American & Black, Juvenile Nonfiction - Social Topics - Prejudice & Racism
From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse and prose of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler.
Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler experienced an American childhood that shaped her into the groundbreaking science-fiction storyteller whose novels continue to challenge and delight readers fifteen years after her death.
Cover art © 2022 by Zharia Shinn
Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler experienced an American childhood that shaped her into the groundbreaking science-fiction storyteller whose novels continue to challenge and delight readers fifteen years after her death.
Cover art © 2022 by Zharia Shinn
