At times it did so, but young children today who live in a less harsh world can have a harder time understanding parenting methods of a more traditional time and the violence of another context. I'd read that it was very funny so I thought this would offset the darker themes. Most kids wouldn't have responded that way but I usually find Common Sense Media provides a good metric for me to gauge whether it's age appropriate for us or not. I'll have to finish it on my own because after one tearful break he recovered from, he broke down a second time several more pages in and hurled it across the room. I have a highly sensitive child - nearly eleven - and he's not nearly ready for it. I think highly of the book but wish we'd waited a few more years. He shares his hilarious and moving experiences of growing up as a mixed-race child, his mother's influence, and his political and social observations.

Fans of Noah's stand-up comedy or The Daily Show will find plenty of his trademark sharpness and self-effacing humor even as he relates memories of suffering poverty and abuse. A comedy audiobook by the host of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah, about his coming-of-age story during the apartheid and post-apartheid era in South Africa. Trevor describes the petty crimes he committed as a young adult, as well: He and his friends were loan sharks and music pirates before Trevor began his career as a comedian and television host. The book not only provides a fascinating and honest perspective on South Africa’s racial history. In April 2019, Trevor released It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime, adapted for young readers. The paperback version of Born a Crime came out in February 2019. Abel, the stepfather, is frequently drunk and has a history of marijuana use. To date, Born a Crime has sold over 1 million copies across all formats. Noah, who was a mischievous kid, makes a distinction between the corporal punishment he receives from his devoted mother and the callous violence of his stepfather. The publisher's epilogue on the history of Apartheid mentions the Sharpeville Massacre, when white police opened fire on a crowd of unarmed black protesters, killing dozens of people. There are incidents of disturbing violence against Trevor and his mother, who's beaten and shot by his stepfather. The book explores gender roles, and the relationships between different factions within the black community, as well as between blacks and whites and 'colored' (mixed race) people. Noah grew up as the ultimate outsider: the son of a black South African mother and a white European father, at a time when laws under Apartheid made it illegal for mixed-race couples to marry or have children. Parents need to know that It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood is an adaptation for younger readers of comedian and Daily Show host Noah's 2016 memoir Born a Crime.

Born a crime audio book