Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
Ibi Zoboi
Ages: 12+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-399-18738-4
Keywords: childhood, racism, imagination, space,
Direct quotes, background and historical information, archival photographs, prose passages, and poetry create a vivid portrait of a Black author who was influential in shaping the science fiction genre. Well-documented. Personal notes.