Punching the air
Zoboi, Ibi Aanu2020
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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 neighbourhood 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'
Main title:
Punching the air / written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha.
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Imprint:
New York, NY : Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]©2020.
Collation:
386 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Notes:
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.
ISBN:
9780008422141 (paperback)
Language:
English
Subject:
Teenage boys -- FictionAfrican Americans -- FictionCriminal justice, Administration of -- FictionRacism -- FictionDiscrimination in criminal justice administration -- FictionFalse imprisonment -- FictionJudicial error -- FictionJustice -- FictionMale prisoners -- FictionTeenage artists -- FictionNovels in verseYoung adult fiction
BRN:
384660
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Teenage Fiction | ZOBOI | Available |