![]() As Stella tries to understand it all, she learns to recognize her own bravery and the power of her words during this tumultuous time. Bumblebee’s black community must come together to protect themselves from the injustices that surround them. In the distance, the siblings see a flicker of flames burning upon a cross, which can only signify one thing: the Ku Klux Klan is back! The small town of Bumblebee, North Carolina, is about to be completely upended because change is in the air as the unwelcome Ku Klux Klan re-emerges in their segregated town. ![]() Told from the perspective of Stella, a young African-American girl, Stella by Starlight (Grades 4-8, Lexile 740) begins one starlit night when sh e and her brother, JoJo, are out way past their bedtime witnessing something that they should never have seen. ![]()
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