Hello friends!
The Colored Pages Team is super excited to announce the confirmed schedule for yet another amazing book: The Awakening of Malcolm X!
Thank you to everyone that signed up and helped spread the word to ensure we find as many International and Own Voices readers as possible. We are so happy with the incredible response to this tour!
Remember to check our hosts’ posts during the week of the tour and help promote the release of The Awakening of Malcolm X.
About the Book
Publication Date: January 5th 2021
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 288 pages
Genre: YA Historical, Fiction
Diversity tags: Muslim, African American, Black American
Other links: Goodreads | Amazon |Bookshop.org
The Awakening of Malcolm X is a powerful narrative account of the activist’s adolescent years in jail, written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz along with 2019 Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe award-winning author, Tiffany D. Jackson.
No one can be at peace until he has his freedom.
In Charlestown Prison, Malcolm Little struggles with the weight of his past. Plagued by nightmares, Malcolm drifts through days unsure of his future. Slowly, he befriends other prisoners and writes to his family. He reads all the books in the prison library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam. Malcolm grapples with race, politics, religion, and justice in the 1940s. And as his time in jail comes to an end, he begins to awaken — emerging from prison more than just Malcolm Little: Now, he is Malcolm X.
Here is an intimate look at Malcolm X’s young adult years. While this book chronologically follows X: A Novel, it can be read as a stand-alone historical novel that invites larger discussions on black power, prison reform, and civil rights.
About the Authors
Tiffany D. Jackson is the critically acclaimed author YA novels including the Coretta Scott King — John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning Monday’s Not Coming, the NAACP Image Award-nominated Allegedly, Let Me Hear A Rhyme, and GROWN.
Ilyasah Shabazz, third daughter of Malcolm X, is an activist, producer, motivational speaker, and the author of the critically acclaimed Growing Up X and the picture book Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X
Tour Schedule
January 3rd
Azeezat @ The Euphoriczat– Review + Book Recommendations
Brittany @ Books Eats and Booze – Instagram Review
January 4th
Paula @ The Paper Reels– Review + Favorite Quotes
Margie @ Margie Must Reads– Review + Excerpt
Nikhat @ It’s Nikhat– Review
January 5th
Alexis @ Lex With the Text – Review
Hafsah @Hafsa’s Creative Corner– Review + Excerpt
January 6th
Amani @ Amani’s Honest Reviews– Review + Book Recommendations
Dahabo @ Dee’s Library – Review + Favorite Quotes
January 7th
Hana @ Linh Hermione– Review + Favorite Quotes
Dee Jay @ DJ Reads Books – Review
January 8th
Rameela @ Star All Booked Up – Review
Odalis @ Bookish Plants – Review + Excerpt
January 9th
Ashley @ Reading Stewardess – Review + Interview
Gargee @ Wilder Girl Reads – Review + Reading Vlog
Remember to check out the amazing posts of our host during the tour!
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