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Candlewick Press
January 2015
On Sale: January 6, 2015
Featuring: Malcolm Little
384 pages ISBN: 0763669679 EAN: 9780763669676 Kindle: B00P2U18CM Hardcover / e-Book
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Multicultural African-American | Young Adult | Non-Fiction Biography
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—after all,
his father’s been murdered, his mother’s been taken away, and his
dreams of becoming a lawyer have gotten him laughed out of school.
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. Deep down, he knows that the
freedom he’s found is only an illusion—and that he can’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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