<b>The host of <i>The Daily Show,</i> 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 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling young readers&apos; adaptation of his adult memoir.</b><br /> <b> </b><br /> <b>“A piercing reminder that every mad life--even yours--could end up a masterpiece." --JASON REYNOLDS, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author<br /></b><br /> <i>We do horrible things to one another because we don’t see the person it affects. . . . We don’t see them as people.</i><br /><br /> Trevor Noah, host of <i>The Daily Show </i>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.<br /><br /> 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. <br />  <br /> This honest and poignant memoir adapted from the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood</i> will astound and inspire readers as well as offer a fascinating perspective on South Africa’s tumultuous racial history. <br />  <br /> <i>BORN A CRIME</i> IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING OSCAR WINNER LUPITA NYONG&apos;O!