Punching the Air Contributor(s): Zoboi, Ibi (Author), Salaam, Yusef (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062996487 ISBN-13: 9780062996480 Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2020 |
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BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Law & Crime - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism - Young Adult Fiction | Novels In Verse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 14-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 9-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" L (1.02 lbs) 400 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Description: New York Times and USA Today bestseller * Walter Award Winner * Goodreads Finalist for Best Teen Book of the Year * Time Magazine Best Book of the Year * Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year * School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Best Book of the Year * New York Public Library Best Book of the Year 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. One of the most acclaimed YA novels of the year, this New York Times and USA Today bestseller is a must-read for fans of Jason Reynolds, Walter Dean Myers, and Elizabeth Acevedo. 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, because of a biased system he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated. 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 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. |
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