Meyers\' award-winning biography of Malcolm X--a Coretta Scott King Honor Book, an ALA Notable Children\'s Book and Best Book for Young Adults, and a Library of Congress Children\'s Book of the Year--is reissued as part of the Scholastic Focus publishing program.
In this Coretta Scott King Honor Book, Walter Dean Myers, winner of a Newbery Honor and four-time Coretta Scott King Award winner, portrays Malcolm X as prophet, dealer, convict, troublemaker, revolutionary, and voice of black militancy..
Few men in American history are as controversial or compelling as Malcolm X.
It was in prison that Malcolm Little started the journey that would lead him to adopt the name Malcolm X, and there he developed his beliefs about what being black Means in America: beliefs that shook America then, and still shake America today.
At 20 he was in prison.
At 19 he was back in Boston, leading a gang of burglars.
In Harlem he was known as Detroit Red, a slick street operator.
At 16 he was hustling tips at a Boston nightclub.
As a 14-year-old he was Malcolm Little, the president of his class and a top student.
A classic and highly acclaimed biography of civil rights activist Malcolm X, ever more relevant for today\'s readers.
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Meyers\' award-winning biography of Malcolm X--a Coretta Scott King Honor Book, an ALA Notable Children\'s Book and Best Book for Young Adults, and a Library of Congress Children\'s Book of the Year--is reissued as part of the Scholastic Focus publishing program
