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Betty Before X

 Author: Ilyasah Shabazz , Renée Watson  Category: Biographies and Non-Fiction, Civil Rights, Family, Historical Fiction, Middle School, Upper Elementary  Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux  Language: English  Reading Age: Middle School, Upper Elementary More Details  Amazon  Bookshop org
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“Absorbing . . . History comes alive in this illuminating portrayal of the early life of this civil rights activist” by Betty Shabazz’s daughter (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

A New York Public Library Best Children’s Book of 2018

A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2018

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018

In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-old Betty’s house doesn’t quite feel like home. She believes her mother loves her, but she can’t shake the feeling that her mother doesn’t want her. Church helps those worries fade, if only for a little while. The singing, the preaching, the speeches from guest activists like Paul Robeson and Thurgood Marshall stir African Americans in her community to stand up for their rights. Betty quickly finds confidence and purpose in volunteering for the Housewives League, an organization that supports black-owned businesses. Soon, the American civil rights icon we now know as Dr. Betty Shabazz is born.

Inspired by Betty’s real life—but expanded upon and fictionalized through collaboration with novelist Renée Watson—Ilyasah Shabazz illuminates four poignant years in her mother’s childhood with this book, painting an inspiring portrait of a girl overcoming the challenges of self-acceptance and belonging that will resonate with young readers today.

Backmatter included. This title has Common Core connections.

“[A] moving fictional account of the early life of the late civil rights leader and widow of Malcolm X . . . a heart-rending imagining of Shabazz’s personal challenges as well as a rare, intimate look at the complex roots of the American civil rights movement. A personal, political and powerful imagining of the early life of the late activist.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Betty Before X
Written by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

Source: Publisher (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

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