Ilyasah Shabazz, third daughter of Malcolm X, is an activist, producer, motivational speaker, and author of the critically acclaimed Growing Up X and the picture book Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X. X: A Novel (Candlewick Press) —a Longlist selection for the 2015 National Book Award in Young People’s Literature—co-authored with Kekla Magoon, follows Malcolm 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.

NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2015