Review of the Day – Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi

Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
By Ibi Zoboi
Dutton Children’s Books (an imprint of Penguin Random House)
$16.99
ISBN: 9780399187384
Ages 9-12
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The term “ignorance is bliss” isn’t a completely accurate recounting of the original line. In Thomas Gray’s 1742 poem “Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College” (and gee whiz, can’t we all relate to that one?) he wrote, “Where ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise.” This is, generally speaking, a whole...