The Stars Beneath Our Feet

Written by David Barclay Moore and published by Alfred A. Knopf

Cover image of "The Stars Beneath Our Feet"

About

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“The Stars Beneath Our Feet” provides a realistic lens on the Black American experience and infuses it with heart, soul, and imagination. Moore plays with language, culture, stereotypes, and reality to create an engaging book that will resonate with youth in urban communities everywhere searching for positive survival techniques.

Awards Won

Title Year
seal of Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent

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The award is established to affirm new talent and to offer visibility to excellence in writing and/or illustration which otherwise might be formally unacknowledged within a given year within the structure of the two awards given annually by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee.
These books affirm new talent and offer visibility to excellence in writing or illustration at the beginning of a career as a published book creator.
2018 - Winner(s)