# Is "Navigate Your Stars" by Jesmyn Ward a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Navigate Your Stars by Jesmyn Ward (Scribner, 2020) is identified by: First Scribner hardcover edition (ISBN 978-1-9821-3132-6), 64 pages, with the number line ending in 1 to confirm the first printing. US Scribner first edition, published April 7, 2020.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First Scribner hardcover edition (ISBN 978-1-9821-3132-6), 64 pages, with the number line ending in 1 to confirm the first printing
- A slim full-color illustrated gift book, illustrated throughout by Gina Triplett, adapting Ward's 2018 Tulane University commencement address; issued in dust jacket that should carry its printed price on the flap
- Publisher imprint reads Scribner
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Jesmyn Ward |
| Publisher | Scribner |
| Year | 2020 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First Scribner hardcover edition (ISBN 978-1-9821-3132-6), 64 pages, with the number line ending in 1 to confirm the first printing |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First Scribner hardcover edition (ISBN 978-1-9821-3132-6), 64 pages, with the number line ending in 1 to confirm the first printing. A slim full-color illustrated gift book, illustrated throughout by Gina Triplett, adapting Ward's 2018 Tulane University commencement address; issued in dust jacket that should carry its printed price on the flap.

## Is this the true first?
US Scribner first edition, published April 7, 2020.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No notable book-club edition; a Kindle/ebook edition and a UK issue exist but are not the Scribner hardcover first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Navigate Your Stars* by Jesmyn Ward a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/navigate-your-stars
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.