Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X

Reading Level
Grade 8
Time to Read
4 hrs 53 mins

Reading Level

What is the reading level of Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X?

Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X is 7th and 8th grade.

Expert Readability Tests for
Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X

Readability Test Reading Level
Flesch Kincaid Scale Grade 7
SMOG Index Grade 9
Coleman Liau Index Grade 7
Dale Chall Readability Score Grade 6

Reading Time

4 hrs 53 mins

How long to read Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X?

The estimated word count of Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X is 73,160 words.

A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 4 hrs 53 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 8 hrs 8 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 2 hrs 43 mins.

Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X - 73,160 words
Reading Speed Time to Read
Slow 150 words/min 8 hrs 8 mins
Average 250 words/min 4 hrs 53 mins
Fast 450 words/min 2 hrs 43 mins
Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz
Authors
Ilyasah Shabazz

More about Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X

73,160 words

Word Count

for Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X

7 hours and 52 minutes

Audiobook length


Description

“Ilyasah Shabazz has written a compelling and lyrical coming-of-age story as well as a candid and heart-warming tribute to her parents. Growing Up X is destined to become a classic.”–SPIKE LEEFebruary 21, 1965: Malcolm X is assassinated in Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom. June 23, 1997: After surviving for a remarkable twenty-two days, his widow, Betty Shabazz, dies of burns suffered in a fire. In the years between, their six daughters reach adulthood, forged by the memory of their parents’ love, the meaning of their cause, and the power of their faith. Now, at long last, one of them has recorded that tumultuous journey in an unforgettable memoir: Growing Up X.Born in 1962, Ilyasah was the middle child, a rambunctious livewire who fought for–and won–attention in an all-female household. She carried on the legacy of a renowned father and indomitable mother while navigating childhood and, along the way, learning to do the hustle. She was a different color from other kids at camp and yet, years later as a young woman, was not radical enough for her college classmates. Her story is, sbove all else, a tribute to a mother of almost unimaginable forbearance, a woman who, “from that day at the Audubon when she heard the shots and threw her body on [ours, never] stopped shielding her children.”