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Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood / Trevor Noah.

Noah, Trevor, 1984- (author.).

Summary:

Noah's path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at the time such a union was punishable by five years in prison. As he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist, his mother is determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. With an incisive wit and unflinching honesty, Noah weaves together a moving yet funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time.

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  • ISBN: 0399588175
  • ISBN: 0399588191
  • ISBN: 0399590447
  • ISBN: 1473635306
  • ISBN: 9780399588174
  • ISBN: 9780399588198
  • ISBN: 9780399590443
  • ISBN: 9781473635302
  • Physical Description: x, 288 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2016]

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General Note:
2023 reprint imprint: New York : One World, an imprint of Random House.
Paging may vary.
Formatted Contents Note:
Run -- Born a crime -- Trevor, pray -- Chameleon -- The second girl -- Loopholes -- Fufi -- Robert -- The mulberry tree -- A young man's long, awkward, occasionally tragic, and frequently humiliating education in affairs of the heart, part I: valentine's day -- Outsider -- A young man's long, awkward, occasionally tragic, and frequently humiliating education in affairs of the heart, part II: the crush -- Colorblind -- A young man's long, awkward, occasionally tragic, and frequently humiliating education in affairs of the heart, part III: the dance -- Go Hitler! -- The cheese boys -- The world doesn't love you -- My mother's list.
Target Audience Note:
HL770L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.4 13 195413.

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Noah, Trevor, 1984-
Comedians > South Africa > Biography.
Comedians > United States > Biography.
Television personalities > United States > Biography.
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Autobiographies.

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  • 108 of 129 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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