How Many Stars in the Sky, Are Girls?
By Dionne Fields
Length58m
About this audiobook
Perfection Theresita Fields is an 11-year-old Black girl with a name as bold as her dreams. With her twelfth birthday just two weeks away, she carries a quiet wish in her heart: to be beautiful.
Living in a loving home with her older sister Paradise, her basketball-coach mother, and her builder father, Perfection often feels like she's still searching for her place in the world. As she navigates school, friendships, and the complexities of growing up, Perfection begins to dream beyond mirrors and makeup. She wants to fly airplanes. She wants to count stars. She wants to rise above the clouds and find her own light.
Told with warmth, imagination, and poetic grace, 'How Many Stars in the Sky, Are Girls?
This heartwarming children's book is a celebration of Black girlhood, self-worth, and the dreams that lift us all.
Audiobook details
GenreChildren's Literature
Length58 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 29, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dedication
2Chapter 22: A Sky Full of Girls
3Chapter 1: The Girl with the Longest Name
4Chapter 2: Mama’s Team, Daddy’s House
5Chapter 3: Paradise Isn’t Me
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6Chapter 4: Nicole, Brynisha, and the Mall
7Chapter 5: The Birthday Countdown
8Chapter 6: Stars in the Sky
9Chapter 7: The Mirror and the Moon
10Chapter 8: Coach’s Pep Talk
11Chapter 9: Building Dreams
12Chapter 10: Six Flags and Star Wishes
13Chapter 11: The Sky is Not the Limit
14Chapter 12: How Many Stars, Are Girls?
15Chapter 13: The Flight Plan
16Chapter 14: The Girls Who Shine
17Chapter 15: The Girls’ Flight Club
18Chapter 16: The Wings We Wear
19Chapter 17: The Star Map Grows
20Chapter 18: The Sky Inside Us
21Chapter 19: The First Flight
22Chapter 20: The Girl Who Named the Stars
23Chapter 21: The Sky Inside Her
24Chapter 22: A Sky Full of Girls
25Chapter 23: The Flight Plan
26Chapter 24: Wings She Can’t See (Yet)
27Chapter 25: The First Day of Flight
28Chapter 26: The Girl Who Touched the Sky
29Chapter 27: Stars You Can’t Count
30Chapter 28: The Return of Regular
31Chapter 29: A Letter to Her Future Self
32Chapter 30: The Girls Who Walk the Sky
33Chapter 31: A Star Named Me
34About the Author
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