#1 New York Times bestseller and NAACP Image Award winner! The debut picture book from bestselling author Stacey Abrams is an inspiring tale of determination, based on her own childhood.

Stacey is a little girl who loves words more than anything. She loves reading them, sounding them out, and finding comfort in them when things are hard.

But when her teacher chooses her to compete in the local spelling bee, she isn't as excited as she thought she'd be. What if she messes up? Or worse, if she can't bring herself to speak up, like sometimes happens when facing bullies at school?

Stacey will learn that win or lose . . . her words are powerful, and sometimes perseverance is the most important word of all.

Plus don't miss the follow-up from the same team, Stacey's Remarkable Books!

About the Author
Stacey Abrams is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Rogue Justice, While Justice Sleeps, Our Time is Now, Lead from the Outside, and the NAACP Image Award winners Stacey's Extraordinary Words and Stacey's Remarkable Books. She is also an entrepreneur and a political leader. A tax attorney by training, she served eleven years in the Georgia House of Representatives, seven as Minority Leader. She has launched multiple organizations devoted to voting rights, training and hiring young people of color, and tackling social issues at the state, national, and international levels. Committed to the pursuit of equity, she works to break barriers for young people, people of color, and the marginalized through her work in politics as well as the nonprofit and corporate sectors. She has received degrees from Spelman College, the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, and Yale Law School. Kitt Thomas is a first-generation Lucian American author-illustrator and graduate of the Ringling College of Art and Design with a BFA in visual studies. Kitt's mission is to celebrate Black culture with their drawings and to encourage inclusion in all forms of art, as they found it hard to see themself properly represented in the media they enjoyed growing up. They have worked with such companies as Netflix, Hasbro, and Cartoon Network. They are the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of Stacey's Extraordinary Words and Stacey's Remarkable Books.

Reviews
"Abrams shares her love of words in this picture book drawn from a childhood memory. Readers will see the beginnings of a lifelong fascination with words, as well as the passion for fighting for others. A great addition for collections looking for stories about current political figures, as well as story time with a biography emphasis." - School Library Journal (starred review) "This engaging, edifying, delightfully nerdy childhood retrospective from one of today's inspirational leaders speaks volumes." - Kirkus Reviews "With warmth and candor, politician and voting rights activist Abrams tells a fictionalized story of her first spelling bee, emphasizing the value of education, of focusing on effort over result, and of standing up to bullying. In competition, Abrams reminds readers, victory can take years to arrive-and integrity and courtesy are always more important." - Publishers Weekly "Charming and powerful." - Booklist



Book Information
ISBN 9780063209473
Author Stacey Abrams
Format Hardback
Page Count 32
Imprint Balzer and Bray
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Weight(grams) 379g