An English-language edition of Becoming is published in the UK and British Commonwealth territories by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books at Penguin Random House UK.

Growing up in Chicago with a supportive and loving family, Michelle shows how much she's always looking for other people, how much she cares about others rather than her own personal gain.It's quite remarkable how she managed to stay humble while rising to the dizzying heights she achieved.

Now adapted for younger readers, with new photographs and a new introduction from Michelle Obama herself, this memoir tells a very personal, and completely inspiring, story of how, through hard work and determination, the girl from the South Side of Chicago built an extraordinary life.

The more I read, the more I wondered how the Obamas have felt about the family who followed them into the White House, whose values are the antithesis of theirs. Growing up, Michelle and her older brother, Craig, shared a bedroom in their family’s upstairs apartment in her great-aunt’s house. Wenn es um wichtige Personen und Ereignisse geht, die zwar den meisten von uns vielleicht ein Begriff sind, sind diese für die jüngeren Leser in einem Nebensatz verständlich erklärt, sodass wirklich jeder ohne Probleme alles nachvollziehen kann und das finde ich super. Schon Michelles Kindheit war geprägt durch ihren eigenen Ehrgeiz - sie hatte von klein auf große Ansprüche an sich selbst. I don’t doubt that some 10-year olds could read Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers (or have it read to them) , but I believe that those 12 years of age and older would have an easier time with the language and complicated concepts of racism, determination, balance, and motherhood presented throughout the book.

I’d sit on my dad’s lap in his recliner and listen to him narrate how the Cubs were playing or why Billy Williams, who lived just around the corner from us on Constance Avenue, had such a sweet swing from the left side of the plate. Like she said in the “Note to Readers”, she was honest and didn’t leave out anything to sugarcoat any hard truths. It's not about being perfect, but it's about allowing the power inside yourself to be known and heard, using your unique voice, willing to know and hear others. Me, as the librarian, would say this book should be given to those girls that have set high standards for themselves. In May 2020, Netflix released a documentary of the same name, chronicling Obama’s arena-filling 34-city book tour, that earned a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.My dad went to work every day dressed in the blue uniform of a city laborer, but at night he showed us what it meant to love jazz and art. He’d been a competitive swimmer and boxer in school, too, and as