Awards and Honors2016 Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor Book
National Book Award, 2015 Finalist, Young People’s Literature Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth, 2015
Capitol Choices 2016 Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Books of 2015, Young Adult SLJ’s Best Books of 2015, Young Adult
Horn Book Fanfare List: Best Books of 2015, Fiction Booklist Best Young Adult Books of 2015 Booklist Editor’s Choice 2015, Fiction
YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016, Top Ten Booklist Top 10 Books for Youth 2016, Multicultural Fiction
2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 9–12
CCBC Choices 2016, Fiction for Young Adults
2016 The Walter Award Honor Book
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Young Adult Fiction
Best Multicultural Books of 2015
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education, 2016 Best Children’s Books of the Year, Historical Fiction
Cowritten by Malcom X’s third daughter, this vivid, fictionalized account of the activist’s early life draws on stories from his family and childhood friends and neighbors. Author’s note by Ilyasah Shabazz. Notes about the characters. Time line. Malcolm’s family tree. Historical context. Further reading. Black-and-white photograph.
The past opens with a turn of the page in these fully-documented histories and compelling works of historical fiction. Experience the past frequently with the 12 books in this category.
12 books per Year
$259.20 per Year
Interests
Diversity, Fiction, Mature Readers, Nonfiction, Biographies, Realistic Fiction, History