The Resource I am Alfonso Jones, Tony Medina ; illustrated by Stacey Robinson and John Jennings ; foreword by Bryan Stevenson
I am Alfonso Jones, Tony Medina ; illustrated by Stacey Robinson and John Jennings ; foreword by Bryan Stevenson
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The item I am Alfonso Jones, Tony Medina ; illustrated by Stacey Robinson and John Jennings ; foreword by Bryan Stevenson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 10 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item I am Alfonso Jones, Tony Medina ; illustrated by Stacey Robinson and John Jennings ; foreword by Bryan Stevenson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 10 library branches.
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- Summary
- The ghost of fifteen-year-old Alfonso Jones travels in a New York subway car full of the living and the dead, watching his family and friends fight for justice after he is killed by an off-duty police officer while buying a suit in a Midtown department store
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- 167 pages
- Isbn
- 9781620142639
- Label
- I am Alfonso Jones
- Title
- I am Alfonso Jones
- Statement of responsibility
- Tony Medina ; illustrated by Stacey Robinson and John Jennings ; foreword by Bryan Stevenson
- Subject
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- trueTeenage murder victims
- Teenagers, Black -- Death -- Comic books, strips, etc
- trueAfrican American teenage boys
- African Americans -- Fiction
- trueBlack Lives Matter movement
- Black lives matter movement -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Black lives matter movement -- Fiction
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Death -- Fiction
- trueFamilies of murder victims
- trueFifteen-year-old boys
- Ghosts -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Ghosts -- Fiction
- Graphic novels
- trueGraphic novels
- trueGrief
- Justice -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Justice -- Fiction
- trueLife after death
- New York (N.Y.) -- Comic books, strips, etc
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- truePolice brutality
- Police shootings -- Fiction
- Police shootings -- Comic books, strips, etc
- trueRacism
- trueSpirits
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The ghost of fifteen-year-old Alfonso Jones travels in a New York subway car full of the living and the dead, watching his family and friends fight for justice after he is killed by an off-duty police officer while buying a suit in a Midtown department store
- Award
- YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2018.
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- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10569091
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Medina, Tony
- Dewey number
- 741.5/973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.7.M446
- LC item number
- Iam 2017
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 9
- 12
- Nature of contents
- comics graphic novels
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1972-
- 1970-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Robinson, Stacey
- Jennings, John
- Stevenson, Bryan
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Graphic novels
- Police shootings
- Death
- Ghosts
- Justice
- Black lives matter movement
- African Americans
- New York (N.Y.)
- Black lives matter movement
- Police shootings
- Teenagers, Black
- Ghosts
- Justice
- New York (N.Y.)
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- I am Alfonso Jones, Tony Medina ; illustrated by Stacey Robinson and John Jennings ; foreword by Bryan Stevenson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn978795891
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- 167 pages
- Isbn
- 9781620142639
- Lccn
- 2017014950
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- chiefly illustrated
- System control number
- (OCoLC)978795891
- Label
- I am Alfonso Jones, Tony Medina ; illustrated by Stacey Robinson and John Jennings ; foreword by Bryan Stevenson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn978795891
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- 167 pages
- Isbn
- 9781620142639
- Lccn
- 2017014950
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- chiefly illustrated
- System control number
- (OCoLC)978795891
Subject
- trueTeenage murder victims
- Teenagers, Black -- Death -- Comic books, strips, etc
- trueAfrican American teenage boys
- African Americans -- Fiction
- trueBlack Lives Matter movement
- Black lives matter movement -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Black lives matter movement -- Fiction
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Death -- Fiction
- trueFamilies of murder victims
- trueFifteen-year-old boys
- Ghosts -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Ghosts -- Fiction
- Graphic novels
- trueGraphic novels
- trueGrief
- Justice -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Justice -- Fiction
- trueLife after death
- New York (N.Y.) -- Comic books, strips, etc
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- truePolice brutality
- Police shootings -- Fiction
- Police shootings -- Comic books, strips, etc
- trueRacism
- trueSpirits
Genre
Included in
- trueNot Just for Teens: Graphic Novels
- trueIf You Like . . . The Hate U Give
- trueBlack Creators in Comics
- trueYALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens: 2018
- trueMust-read Graphic Novels (Teens)
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Illustration Both picture books and graphic novels have a unique set of qualities important to their readers, from color and drawing sty;e to the mood evoked by the illustrations.
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