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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
• Since 1931, the New York Times (NYT) Best Sellers list has been a measure of the most successful books in the US.
• Kwame Alexander and Diana Ross are Black authors who have reached the NYT Best Sellers list.
• The Crossover is a children's book by Kwame Alexander. It reached the NYT Best Sellers list on August 27, 2017.
• Secrets of a Sparrow is a memoir by Diana Ross. It reached the NYT Best Sellers list on November 21, 1993.
The student wants to emphasize the different years in which the books reached the NYT Best Sellers list. Which choice most effectively uses information from the given sentences to accomplish this goal?
Kwame Alexander and Diana Ross are both NYT best-selling authors.
A
The Crossover and Secrets of a Sparrow are both books by Black authors that have reached the NYT Best Sellers list.
B
Kwame Alexander's The Crossover and Diana Ross's Secrets of a Sparrow are both NYT best sellers, but the former is a children's book, whereas the latter is a memoir.
C
The memoir Secrets of a Sparrow became an NYT best seller in 1993; The Crossover, a children's book, joined this list as well, but in 2017.
D