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X, January 2015
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X, January 2015
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By: Kekla Magoon, Ilyasah Shabazz

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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Young Adult | Non-Fiction Biography | Multicultural African-American

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.