**The host of *The Daily Show,* 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 *New York Times* bestselling young readers’ adaptation of his adult memoir.** * * * **“A piercing reminder that every mad lifeeven yourscould end up a masterpiece. JASON REYNOLDS, *New York Times* bestselling author ** *We do horrible things to one another because we don’t see the person it affects. . . . We don’t see them as people.* Trevor Noah, host of *The Daily Show* 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 existand from the beginning, the often-misbehaved Trevor used his keen smarts and humor to navigate a harsh life under a racist government. 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. This honest and poignant memoir adapted from the #1 *New York Times* bestseller *Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood* will astound and inspire readers as well as offer a fascinating perspective on South Africa’s tumultuous racial history. *BORN A CRIME* IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING OSCAR WINNER LUPITA NYONG’O!