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By Ilyasah Shabazz

Release Date: 2015-01-06

Genre: Culture, Places & People in Young Adult Fiction

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A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book. Cowritten by Malcolm Xā€™s daughter, this riveting and revealing novel follows the formative years of the man whose words and actions shook the world. Malcolm Littleā€™s parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, thatā€™s a pack of liesā€”after all, his fatherā€™s been murdered, his motherā€™s been taken away, and his dreams of becoming a lawyer have gotten him laughed out of school. Thereā€™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 Malcolmā€™s efforts to leave the past behind lead him into increasingly dangerous territory. Deep down, he knows that the freedom heā€™s found is only an illusionā€”and that he canā€™t run forever. X follows Malcolm 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.

X - Ilyasah Shabazz

By Ilyasah Shabazz

Release Date: 2015-01-06

Genre: Culture, Places & People in Young Adult Fiction

4 (9 ratings)
Read Download
A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book. Cowritten by Malcolm Xā€™s daughter, this riveting and revealing novel follows the formative years of the man whose words and actions shook the world. Malcolm Littleā€™s parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, thatā€™s a pack of liesā€”after all, his fatherā€™s been murdered, his motherā€™s been taken away, and his dreams of becoming a lawyer have gotten him laughed out of school. Thereā€™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 Malcolmā€™s efforts to leave the past behind lead him into increasingly dangerous territory. Deep down, he knows that the freedom heā€™s found is only an illusionā€”and that he canā€™t run forever. X follows Malcolm 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.

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