X: A Novel

X: A Novel - Paperback

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X: A Novel - Paperback

X: A Novel - Paperback

by Ilyasah Shabazz , Kekla Magoon
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Book Overview

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.
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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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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