King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King Fiction_Gift_Guide A Junior Library Guild Selection

A Junior Library Guild Selection * A New England Book Award Finalist * An ALSC Graphic Novel Selection *

sparking a sense of wonder

A comic thriller following the trials and tribulations of Claire

and the pain of separation from his family

King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King Fiction_Gift_Guide A Junior Library Guild SelectionThe first full and authoritative biography of an Americanindeed a world widemusical and cultural legend.No one worked harder than B. B. No one inspired more up and coming artists. No one did more to spread the gospel of the blues.President Barack Obama He is without a doubt the most important artist the blues has ever produced.Eric Clapton Riley Blues Boy King (1925 2015) was born into deep poverty in Jim Crow Mississippi. Wrenched away from his