Overview
""Vital, brilliant"" --New York Times Book Review * A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection * 4 starred reviews National Book Award-winning and #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi brings a global icon to life in the first major biography of Malcolm X for young people in more than thirty years--perfect for fans of blockbuster hit STAMPED: A REMIX with Jason Reynolds. As a youth, Malcolm endured violence, loss, hunger, foster care, racism, and being incarcerated. He emerged from it all to make a lasting impact. As a Black Muslim. As a family man. As a revolutionary. Malcolm's life story shows the promise of every human being. Of you! To trace Malcolm's childhood and adult years, Kendi draws on Malcolm's stirring oratory style, using repetition and rhetoric. Short, swift chapters echo Malcolm's trademark fast walk. An abundance of never-before-published letters, notes, flyers, photos, extensive source notes, and more give young readers a front-row seat to his life. One hundred years after his birth in 1925, Malcolm's antiracist legacy lives on in this thoughtful and accessible must-read for all people. For you! Just like history, Malcolm lives.
Full Product Details
Author: Ibram X Kendi
Publisher: Bound to Stay Bound Books
Imprint: Bound to Stay Bound Books
ISBN: 9798855177206
Pages: 393
Publication Date: 13 May 2025
Recommended Age: From 10 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year Evanston Public Library's 101 Great Books for Kids Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year New York Times Best Children's Book of the Year Missouri Dogwood Award Readers List Title ""Vital, brilliant"" --New York Times Book Review ""An expansive and immersive biography...Connecting the activist's life events with contemporary literature, politics, and society, the narrative accessibly highlights Malcolm's complex journey toward learning ""how to stand up to what's wrong. Even in oneself."" --Publishers Weekly, starred review ""The short, accessible chapters compellingly contextualize global issues, speaking directly to readers and breathing new life into a critically relevant historical figure... A humanizing, resoundingly effective portrait showcasing history as a blueprint for radical change."" --Kirkus Reviews, starred review ""This thoroughly researched, beautifully rendered portrait of a complex and pivotal figure is recommended as an essential purchase."" --School Library Journal, starred review ""This impressive offering is sure to become the definitive biography of Malcolm X and belongs in most school and public libraries."" --Booklist, starred review ""Conversational in tone and diligently accessible, this biography delivers to young readers a life-sized portrait of Malcolm X... Dutifully sourced with extensive backmatter notes and, at times, intimately revealing, Kendi's work follows in the tradition of Alex Haley's famed collaboration with Malcolm and offers a remarkable successor by effectively presenting the past, considering the present, and welcoming young people into considering the future."" --BCCB
Author Information
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi is a National Book Award-winning author of books for adults and children, including New York Times bestsellers like Stamped From the Beginning, Stamped for Kids, How to Raise an Anti-Racist, and Goodnight Racism. Dr. Kendi is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in Humanities at Boston University, and the director of the BU Center for Antiracist Research. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
