Star child : a biographical constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
Record details
- ISBN: 0399187405
- ISBN: 9780399187407
- ISBN: 0399187383
- ISBN: 9780399187384
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Physical Description:
112 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Summary, etc.: | "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"-- |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 10+ Dutton Books for Young Readers. Grades 7-9 Dutton Books for Young Readers. |
Awards Note: | Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, 2023. |
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Genre: | Biographical poetry. Biographies. Biography Biography. |
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- 24 of 24 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 5 of 5 copies available at Bridgeport Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 24 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | B BUTLER (Text) | 34000151396678 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | YA B BUTLER (Text) | 34000076284793 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Newfield Branch - Bridgeport | jB BUTLER (Text) | 34000151328036 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
Newfield Branch - Bridgeport | YA B BUTLER (Text) | 34000076284694 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
North Branch - Bridgeport | YA B BUTLER (Text) | 34000151335080 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | J B BUTLER (Text) | 34014150741313 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village | jB BUTLER (Text) | 33180148102719 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
Derby Public Library | YA B ZOB (Text) | 34047152271970 | Young Adult Biography | Available | - |
Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | J BIO BUTLER Zoboi (Text) | 31953154613759 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
Hall Memorial Library - Ellington | JB BUTLER (Text) | 34037146748787 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
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