A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
A Walter Dean Myers Honor Book
From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse and prose of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler, author of Parable of the Sower and Kindred.
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.
| ISBN: | 9780399187407 |
| Publication date: | 20th December 2022 |
| Author: | Ibi Aanu Zoboi |
| Publisher: | Dutton Books for Young Readers an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 128 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Prejudice and intolerance Children’s / Teenage general interest: Literature, books and writers Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism Children’s / Teenage: General interest |