{"schema_version":"bf_book_companion_v1","release_id":"20261010T034321Z-reviewed-full-unique-works","book":{"amazon_purchase_url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/1635925576?tag=bookfrontie00-20","asin":"1635925576","authors":["Carole Boston Weatherford"],"book_id":"9781635925579","canonical_url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/becoming-billie-holiday-9781635925579","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781635925579.jpg?v=86a96a7af13b47c6","description":"Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award The stunning voice and hard life of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday is revealed through evocative, accessible poetry written by Children's Literature Legacy Award winner Carole Boston Weatherford. In 1915, Sadie Fagan gave birth to a daughter she named Eleanora. The world, however, would know her as Billie Holiday, possibly the greatest jazz singer of all time. Eleanora's journey to become a legend took her through pain, poverty, and run-ins with the law. By the time she was fifteen, she knew she possessed something that could possibly change her life: a voice. Eleanora could sing. Her remarkable voice led her to a place in the spotlight with some of the era's hottest big bands. Through a sequence of raw and poignant poems, New York Times best-selling and award-winning poet Weatherford chronicles the singer's young life, her fight for survival, and the dream she pursued with passion.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9781635925579","publication_date":"20220111","publisher":"Astra Publishing House","slug":"becoming-billie-holiday","subtitle":"","title":"Becoming Billie Holiday"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"JNF007040","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Musicians' Lives for Kids","score":0.7263,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JNF007120","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Biographies of Women for Kids","score":0.7196,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"POE005050","confidence_band":"medium","label":"African American Poetry","score":0.7134,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"JNF007040","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Musicians' Lives for Kids","score":0.7263,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JNF007120","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Biographies of Women for Kids","score":0.7196,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"POE005050","confidence_band":"medium","label":"African American Poetry","score":0.7134,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"JNF007040","confidence_band":"high","label":"Musicians' Lives for Kids","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JNF007050","confidence_band":"high","label":"Cultural Heritage Biographies for Kids","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JNF042000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Poetry","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Musicians' Lives for Kids","score":0.7263,"slug":"musicians-lives-for-kids"},{"label":"Biographies of Women for Kids","score":0.7196,"slug":"biographies-of-women-for-kids"},{"label":"African American Poetry","score":0.7134,"slug":"african-american-poetry"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers interested in Billie Holiday’s early life and rise as a singer","Readers who enjoy evocative biographical poetry"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Jacqueline Woodson"],"book_id":"9780147515827","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780147515827.jpg?v=e74c26f22bf0e94f","score":0.6555,"title":"Brown Girl Dreaming","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780147515827"},{"authors":["Sharon G. Flake"],"book_id":"9780593650349","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780593650349.jpg?v=64426e22c853ca46","score":0.6549,"title":"Hattie Mae Begins Again","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780593650349"},{"authors":["Holly George-Warren"],"book_id":"9781476793115","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781476793115.jpg?v=2deb0ba270727d8d","score":0.6499,"title":"Janis","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781476793115"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:children's literature legacy award winner"],"label":"Children","score":0.2129,"slug":"children"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:billie holiday biography"],"label":"Biography","score":0.0744,"slug":"biography"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:middle grade biography"],"label":"Middle","score":0.0679,"slug":"middle"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:children's literature legacy award winner"],"label":"Literature","score":0.057,"slug":"literature"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:children's literature legacy award winner"],"label":"Award","score":0.0359,"slug":"award"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: Poverty and survival, Musical talent, Pursuing a dream.","Themes: Children, Biography, Middle.","Reading lane: Musicians' Lives for Kids and Biographies of Women for Kids."]},"llm_signals":{"confidence":0.94,"pacing":"unknown","reader_fit":["Readers interested in Billie Holiday’s early life and rise as a singer","Readers who enjoy evocative biographical poetry"],"themes":["Poverty and survival","Musical talent","Pursuing a dream"],"tropes":[]},"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":true,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":57,"goodreads_ratings_count":471,"goodreads_reviews_count":100,"quality_score":0.9143}}