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It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers) by Trevor Noah

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4.0

This was a very gut-wrenching and informative read from Trevor Noah. I went into this book looking to learn more about the comedian I knew nothing about and wanted to learn more about his life in South Africa and I did. Trevor talks a lot about the segregation during the appartheid era in South Africa and Nelson Mandela being elected president. I hadn't heard of appartheid before and Trevor did a great job teaching the reader about appartheid through the tale of his life. However, for a book adapted for "young audiences" Chapter 17 was very graphic. I also would've liked to learn more about how Trevor became a comedian because there's no talk about that besides the instances of him talking about going to meet his dad after so many years and being an established comedian and going on tour. We don't know how he got to that place in his career. Lastly, the organization of the book could've been better. Some of the stories are out of context and don't sync up with the previous stories. Overall, I highly recommend this! It was really great and taught me a lot when I didn't expect that going into it. 
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