Full name: X: A Novel

Authors: Ilyasah Shabazz, Kekla Magoon Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780763690922 0763690929

Winner of the 2016 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Youth/TeensA 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor BookCowritten 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. Similar books: The Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor The Land by Mildred D. Taylor A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg The Gold Cadillac by Mildred D. Taylor A Stitch in Time by Ann Rinaldi Storm Warriors by Elisa Carbone The Blue Door by Ann Rinaldi The Stolen One by Suzanne Crowley Star-Crossed by Linda Collison No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Wildthorn by Jane Eagland