Malcolm Lives!
The Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers
$37.99
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
25 November 2025
Summary
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.
As a youth, Malcolm endured violence, loss, hunger, foster care, racism, and incarceration. 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 Mal…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780374311865 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0374311862 |
| Author: | Ibram X. Kendi |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 25 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 664g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 160mm x 235mm |
| Audience Age: | 10 |
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Critics Review
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
CBC Teacher Favorite Selection
Bank Street Best Book of the Year Selection
NJ Garden State Teen Book Award Nominee
“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
Ibram X. Kendi
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.
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