Punching the air.
Punching the air.
By
:
Zoboi, Ibi Aanu.
Publication Date
:
2020
Subject Term
:
African Americans -- Fiction.
Artists -- Fiction.
False imprisonment -- Fiction.
Prisoners -- Fiction.
Discrimination -- Fiction.
Justice -- Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Novels in verse -- Fiction.
Additional Contributors
:
Salaam, Yusef, 1974-
Pasha, Omar T.,
Summary
:
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?
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780062996480
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Corner Brook (WCB) | YA Fic | YA Fiction | FIC ZOB | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | YA FIC - BASEMENT | YA Fiction - Basement | FIC ZOB | Checked In |