The Resource Punching the air, written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha
Punching the air, written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha
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- Summary
- 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. 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' 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 386 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062996480
- Label
- Punching the air
- Title
- Punching the air
- Statement of responsibility
- written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha
- Subject
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- Artists -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueGentrification of cities
- trueInjustice
- trueInstitutional racism
- Judicial error
- trueJudicial error
- Judicial error -- Fiction
- Justice
- Justice -- Fiction
- trueJuvenile detention
- Male prisoners
- Male prisoners -- Fiction
- Novels in verse
- truePoets
- trueRacism
- Racism -- Fiction
- trueRacism in education
- trueRacism in law enforcement
- trueRacism in the criminal justice system
- Teenage artists
- Teenage artists -- Fiction
- Teenage boys -- Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Law & Crime
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Novels in Verse
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
- Young adult fiction
- Young adult works
- African American teenage boys
- trueAfrican American teenage boys
- African American teenage boys -- Fiction
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Fiction
- trueArtists
- Artists
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Fiction
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Fiction
- False imprisonment
- False imprisonment -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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. 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' 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
- Award
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- School Library Journal Best Books, 2020.
- Walter Award, Teen, 2020.
- YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2021.
- YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2021.
- YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: Top Ten, 2021.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10922280
- Cataloging source
- CNWPU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
- Dewey number
-
- [Fic]
- 813.6
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.1.Z64
- LC item number
- Pun 2020
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 8
- 12
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Salaam, Yusef
- Pasha, Omar T.
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- African Americans
- Artists
- False imprisonment
- African American teenage boys
- Teenage artists
- Judicial error
- Male prisoners
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Justice
- African Americans
- Teenage boys
- Artists
- Judicial error
- Male prisoners
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Racism
- Justice
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Law & Crime
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Novels in Verse
- African American teenage boys
- African Americans
- Artists
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- False imprisonment
- Judicial error
- Justice
- Male prisoners
- Teenage artists
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- Punching the air, written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha
- 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
- on1162850257
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 386 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062996480
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1162850257
- Label
- Punching the air, written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha
- 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
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1162850257
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 386 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062996480
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1162850257
Subject
- Artists -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueGentrification of cities
- trueInjustice
- trueInstitutional racism
- Judicial error
- trueJudicial error
- Judicial error -- Fiction
- Justice
- Justice -- Fiction
- trueJuvenile detention
- Male prisoners
- Male prisoners -- Fiction
- Novels in verse
- truePoets
- trueRacism
- Racism -- Fiction
- trueRacism in education
- trueRacism in law enforcement
- trueRacism in the criminal justice system
- Teenage artists
- Teenage artists -- Fiction
- Teenage boys -- Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Law & Crime
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Novels in Verse
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
- Young adult fiction
- Young adult works
- African American teenage boys
- trueAfrican American teenage boys
- African American teenage boys -- Fiction
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Fiction
- trueArtists
- Artists
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Fiction
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Fiction
- False imprisonment
- False imprisonment -- Fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueYALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2021
- trueYALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: Top Ten: 2021
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Young Adult Hardcover
- trueWalter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children's Literature
- trueYALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: 2021
- trueAfrican American Teen Lives
- trueBest Teen Fiction 2020
- trueGritty Realistic Fiction
- trueIf You Like . . . The Hate U Give
- trueMan Up
- trueOwn Voices: Realistic Fiction (Teens)
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Books: 2020
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.
Awards
Awards of Punching the air, written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books, 2020.
- Award
- Walter Award, Teen, 2020.
- Award
- YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2021.
- Award
- YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2021.
- Award
- YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: Top Ten, 2021.
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