Pictures of the Week: Shabazz and Magoon Launch "X: A Novel" at the 92Y in New York City

CNN legal analyst and host Sunny Hostin (left) with Ilyasah Shabazz (center) and her coauthor Kekla Magoon at the launch for their YA book, X: A Novel on January 6. They were in conversation at the 92nd St. Y as part of the organization's YA Lit at 92Y series.
  CNN legal analyst and host Sunny Hostin (left) with Ilyasah Shabazz (center) and her coauthor Kekla Magoon (right) at the launch for their YA book, X: A Novel.

CNN legal analyst and host Sunny Hostin (left) with Ilyasah Shabazz (center) and her coauthor Kekla Magoon (right) at the launch for their YA book, X: A Novel.

CNN legal analyst and host Sunny Hostin (left) with Ilyasah Shabazz (center) and her coauthor, Kekla Magoon (right), at the launch for their YA book, X: A Novel (Candlewick) on January 6. They were in conversation at the 92nd St. Y in New York City as part of the organization's YA Lit at 92Y series. The authors discussed their inspiration for the biographical novel based on Malcolm X's teen years. This is Shabazz's (the civil rights leader's daughter) debut YA novel. For more information on their collaboration, check out SLJ's interview with the authors.

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