Punching the air
(Book)
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Published:
New York, NY : Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020].
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
386 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Points: 5
Rating:
NP
Status:
1 copy on order.
Westbrook Young Adult Fiction
YA F ZOB
Description
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.
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YA F ZOB
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YAF Zob
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YA FICTION ZOBOI (Realistic)
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YA FIC ZOBOI
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YA FIC ZOB
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East Lyme Public YA Fiction
YA Zoboi, Ibi (Punching)
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YA ZOBOI
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YA F Zoboi
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YA ZOBOI
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YA FIC ZOB
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YA ZOB (2023 NUTMEG NOMINEE)
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YA FIC ZOB
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TF ZOBOI
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YA FIC ZOBOI
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YA FIC Zoboi
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Teen Fiction Zoboi
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Teen Fiction Zoboi
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YA FICTION Zoboi, Ibi (2023 Nutmeg - High School)
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YA FIC ZOBOI
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YA ZOBOI
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YA F ZOBOI
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YA ZOBOI
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YA ZOBOI
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YA FIC ZOBOI
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YA ZOBOI
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American teenage boys -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Artists -- Fiction.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Fiction.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Fiction.
False imprisonment -- Fiction.
Judicial error -- Fiction.
Justice -- Fiction.
Male prisoners -- Fiction.
Teenage artists -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Artists -- Fiction.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Fiction.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Fiction.
False imprisonment -- Fiction.
Judicial error -- Fiction.
Justice -- Fiction.
Male prisoners -- Fiction.
Teenage artists -- Fiction.
Other Subjects
More Details
Language:
Unknown
ISBN:
9780062996480, 0062996487, 9780062996497, 9780008422141, 0008422141
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.7, 5 Points
Level 5.7, 5 Points
Lexile code:
NP: Non-Prose
Notes
Description
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.
Target Audience
NP,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,UG,5.7,5,509958
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Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Zoboi, I. A., Salaam, Y., & Pasha, O. T. (2020). Punching the air. First edition. Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, Yusef Salaam and Omar T., Pasha. 2020. Punching the Air. Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, Yusef Salaam and Omar T., Pasha, Punching the Air. Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,, et al. Punching the Air. First edition. Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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