Punching the air / written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha.
From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. The story that I thought was my life didn't start on the day I was born. Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy. "Boys just being boys" turns out to be true only when those boys are white. The story that I think will be my life starts today. Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal's bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his story. But can he change it' With spellbinding lyricism, award-winning author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam tell a moving and deeply profound story about how one boy is able to maintain his humanity and fight for the truth, in a system designed to strip him of both.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062996480
- ISBN: 0062996487
- ISBN: 9780008422141
- ISBN: 0008422141
- Physical Description: 386 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | NP Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.7 5 509958. |
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| Genre: | Novels in verse. Poetry. Fiction. |
Available copies
- 72 of 75 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 3 of 3 copies available at Harnett County Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 75 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coats Public Library | YA F Zob (Text) | 33633002098035 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Erwin Public Library | YA F Zob (Text) | 33631001592610 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Harnett County Main Library | YA F Zob (Text) | 33630004630476 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
