The Awakening Of Malcolm X

ISBN-10: 1250821134
ISBN-13: 9781250821133
Author: Shabazz, Ilyasah and Tiffany D. Jackson
Interest Level: 7-12
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Publication Date: January 2023

Copyright: 2021

Page Count: 336

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Interest Level

Grades 7-12

Reading Level

Lexile: HL650L
Accelerated Reader Level: 4.6
Accelerated Reader Points: 9.0

BISAC Subjects

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American *

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism *

Description
A powerful fictionalized account of Malcolm X's adolescent years in jail written by his daughter along with a 2019 Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe Award-winning author. No one can be at peace until he has his freedom. In Charlestown Prison, Malcolm Little struggles with the weight of his past. Plagued by nightmares, he drifts through days unsure of his future. Slowly, he befriends other prisoners and writes to his family. He reads all the books in the prison library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam. Malcolm grapples with race, politics, religion, and justice in the 1940s. And as his time in jail comes to an end, he begins to awaken--emerging from prison more than just Malcolm Little: Now, he is Malcolm X. Here is an intimate look at Malcolm X's young adult years. While this book chronologically follows X: A Novel (Candlewick), it can be read as a standalone historical novel that invites larger discussions on structural racism, prison reform, and civil rights.
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