Blast Off

Un viaggio interstellare

Authors: Linda C. Cain & Susan Rosenbaum

Illustrators: Leo and Diane Dillon

Publisher: Raum Italic & OOH-sounds, 2019

Publisher’s recommended age: NA

Blast Off is a story of space flight, whose protagonist is not only a girl but a black girl.

Four years after the historic moon landing, as the world was falling in love with space exploration, three almost teenagers chat about the future. Regina dreams of traveling to space, becoming an astronaut.

Originally published in 1973, this extraordinarily imaginative little book by two women writers, Linda C. Cain and Susan Rosenbaum, illustrated by the award winning  mixed-race duo Leo and Diane Dillon, re-printed in a bilingual Italian-English edition, is both timeless and timely.

Available Languages: Bilingual edition, Italian and English