{"product_id":"x-a-novel-9780763690922","title":"X: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCowritten by Malcolm X's daughter, this riveting and revealing novel follows the formative years of the man whose words and actions shook the world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMalcolm Little's parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, that's a pack of lies. 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.\u003ci\u003e X\u003c\/i\u003e follows the boy who would become Malcolm X 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eKekla Magoon \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis the Margaret A. Edwards Award-winning author of more than a dozen books for young readers, including \u003ci\u003eFire in the Streets\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow It Went Down\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the coauthor, with Ilyasah Shabazz, of \u003ci\u003eX: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, which was long-listed for the National Book Award and received an NAACP Image Award and a Coretta Scott King Honor. Kekla Magoon grew up in Indiana and now lives in Vermont, where she serves on the faculty at Vermont College of Fine Arts.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620063875346,"sku":"9780763690922","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_23ed53a8-a1bb-4e9b-9326-f082228bd405.jpg?v=1732559911","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/x-a-novel-9780763690922","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}