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Apr 07, 2020 | ISBN 9780525582199 | Middle Grade (10 and up) Buy *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
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Apr 09, 2019 | ISBN 9780525582175 | Middle Grade (10 and up) Buy
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Apr 07, 2020 | ISBN 9780525582199 | Middle Grade (10 and up)
Apr 09, 2019 | ISBN 9780525582168 | Middle Grade (10 and up)
Apr 09, 2019 | ISBN 9780525582175 | Middle Grade (10 and up)
Apr 09, 2019 | ISBN 9780525582182 | Middle Grade (10 and up)
The host of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah, shares his personal story and the injustices he faced while growing up half black, half white in South Africa under and after apartheid in this New York Times bestselling young readers’ adaptation of his adult memoir. “A piercing reminder that every mad life–even yours–could end up a masterpiece.” –JASON REYNOLDS, New York Times bestselling author We do horrible things to one another because we don’t see the person it affects. . . . We don’t see them as people. Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, shares his remarkable story of growing up in South Africa with a black South African mother and a white European father at a time when it was against the law for a mixed-race child to exist. But he did exist–and from the beginning, the often-misbehaved Trevor used his keen smarts and humor to navigate a harsh life under a racist government. In a country where racism barred blacks from social, educational, and economic opportunity, Trevor surmounted staggering obstacles and created a promising future for himself thanks to his mom’s unwavering love and indomitable will. This honest and poignant memoir adapted from the #1 New York Times bestseller Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood will astound and inspire readers as well as offer a fascinating perspective on South Africa’s tumultuous racial history. BORN A CRIME IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING OSCAR WINNER LUPITA NYONG’O!
TREVOR NOAH is the host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show. Noah rose improbably to stardom with The Racist, his one-man show at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He made his US television debut that year on… More about Trevor Noah
“Through the foreign, the familiar, and the funny, Born a Crime is a piercing reminder that every mad life–even yours–could end up a masterpiece.” –Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author“His mother raised him with an imagination and showed that there were no barriers to whatever he wanted to be. Readers will find this journey through Noah’s formative years humorous and exciting.” —Booklist“Startling in its honesty, humor, and humility.” —Kirkus Reviews “For readers who will appreciate the understand how a parent’s love enabled Noah to become the successful man he is now.” —School Library Journal
Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award NOMINEE 2022
Rhode Island Children’s Book Award NOMINEE 2022
Chicago Public Library Best Books SELECTION 2019
YALSA Best Books for Young Adults SELECTION 2020
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