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.
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