"Vital, brilliant" --New York Times Book Review * A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection * 4 starred reviews

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--perfect for fans of blockbuster hit STAMPED: A REMIX with Jason Reynolds.

As a youth, Malcolm endured violence, loss, hunger, foster care, racism, and being incarcerated. 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 Malcolm's childhood and adult years, Kendi draws on Malcolm's stirring oratory style, using repetition and rhetoric. Short, swift chapters echo Malcolm's trademark fast walk. An abundance of never-before-published letters, notes, flyers, photos, extensive source notes, and more give young readers a front-row seat to his life.

One hundred years after his birth in 1925, Malcolm's antiracist legacy lives on in this thoughtful and accessible must-read for all people. For you!

Just like history, Malcolm lives.

Author: Ibram X. Kendi
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 05/13/2025
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.19h x 6.36w x 1.21d
ISBN: 9780374311865


Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2025
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2025
Publishers Weekly 04/21/2025
School Library Journal 05/09/2025 pg. 1
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2025 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Booklist 06/01/2025 pg. 67

About the Author
Kendi, Ibram X.: - 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.