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Star child : a biographical constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
- Title
- Star child : a biographical constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler / Ibi Zoboi.
- Author
- Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
- Publication
- New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2022.
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Details
- Description
- 112 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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 expereinced 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"--
- Subject
- Butler, Octavia E
- American fiction > African American authors > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Science fiction > Women authors > Biography > Juvenile literature
- African American novelists > Biography > Juvenile literature
- African American women authors > Biography > Juvenile literature
- African American novelists
- African American women authors
- American fiction > African American authors
- Science fiction > Women authors
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biographical poetry.
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Part I. Parable of the sower: Stardust ; Dawn ; Daughter of dust ; Zeitgeist ; Spirit of the times ; Baby boom ; Dust ; Daughter of dust II ; Earthseed ; Star child ; Moon child ; Moon child II ; School child ; Daydreamer ; Red ink ; Pasadena ; Memory ; Fire ; Memory II ; Empathy ; Empathy II ; First word ; First story ; The Good Book ; Peter Pan room ; First book ; A universe of words ; A universe of books ; Imagination ; The pink notebook ; Imagination II ; Rogue planet. -- Part II. Parable of the talents: Space ; Race ; Space II ; Race II ; Red Scare (haikus) ; Red Planet (haikus) ; Fear of communism ; Devil girl from Mars ; Brown girl from earth ; The Red Planet ; Amazing stories ; Pulp fiction ; Hero (boy's books) ; Prize (girl's books) ; The writer ; Octavia's books ; Remington ; The writer II ; The future. Part III. Adulthood rites: Stories ; Science fiction ; Genius ; Stargazing ; Black future ; Kindred. -- Books by Octavia Butler -- Acknowledgments -- Endnotes -- Photo credits.
- Call Number
- Sc E 22-583
- ISBN
- 9780399187384
- 0399187383
- LCCN
- 2021029613
- OCLC
- 1259293423
- Author
- Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, author.
- Title
- Star child : a biographical constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler / Ibi Zoboi.
- Publisher
- New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2022.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 22-583