X: A Novel

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X: A Novel - Paperback

X: A Novel - Paperback

by Ilyasah Shabazz , Kekla Magoon
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by Ilyasah Shabazz (Author), Kekla Magoon (Author)

A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

Cowritten by Malcolm X's daughter, this riveting and revealing novel follows the formative years of the man whose words and actions shook the world.

Malcolm Little's parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, that's a pack of lies. There's no point in trying, he figures, and lured by the nightlife of Boston and New York, he escapes into a world of fancy suits, jazz, girls, and reefer. But Malcolm's efforts to leave the past behind lead him into increasingly dangerous territory. X follows the boy who would become Malcolm X from his childhood to his imprisonment for theft at age twenty, when he found the faith that would lead him to forge a new path and command a voice that still resonates today.

Author Biography

Kekla Magoon is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Secret Library and many other fiction and nonfiction titles for young readers, including X: A Novel, cowritten with Ilyasah Shabazz; the Blue Stars series, cowritten with Cynthia Leitich Smith and illustrated by Molly Murakami; and Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People. She has received the Margaret A. Edwards Award, an NAACP Image Award, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and four Coretta Scott King Honors, among others. Kekla Magoon lives in Montpelier, Vermont, and teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Number of Pages: 384
Dimensions: 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: August 02, 2016
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: X: A Novel
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 4
Point Value: 11
ISBN9780763690922
Author Ilyasah Shabazz , Kekla Magoon
PublisherCandlewick Press (MA)
GenreChildren and Society & culture
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2016
LanguageENG- English
Pages384
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Ilyasah Shabazz
Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz is an NAACP Image Award-winning author of six acclaimed books and a National Book Award finalist. As board chair of the Shabazz Center, she carries forward the revolutionary and humanitarian legacy of her parents, Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz.
About Kekla Magoon
Kekla Magoon is the author of Camo Girl and The Rock and the River, winner of the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award. She is a New York City-based editor, speaker, and educator. In addition to writing fiction, Kekla leads writing workshops for youth and adults, writes nonfiction titles for the education market, and is the co-editor of YA & Children's Literature for Hunger Mountain, the arts journal of Vermont College.

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