Punching the air
(Book)
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Published
New York, NY : Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780062996480, 0062996487, 9780062996497, 0062996495
Physical Desc
386 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Rating
NP
Status
Elysian Area Library - Young Adult Fiction
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Published
New York, NY : Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780062996480, 0062996487, 9780062996497, 0062996495
Notes
Description
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.
Target Audience
NP,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.7,5,509958.
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.
Fiction.
Judicial error -- Fiction.
Justice -- Fiction.
Male prisoners -- Fiction.
Novels in verse.
Poetry.
Teenage artists -- Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Artists -- Fiction.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Fiction.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Fiction.
False imprisonment -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Judicial error -- Fiction.
Justice -- Fiction.
Male prisoners -- Fiction.
Novels in verse.
Poetry.
Teenage artists -- Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Zoboi, I. A., Salaam, Y., & Pasha, O. T. (2020). Punching the air (First edition.). Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, Yusef Salaam and Omar T., Pasha. 2020. Punching the Air. New York, NY: Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, Yusef Salaam and Omar T., Pasha. Punching the Air New York, NY: Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,, Yusef Salaam, and Omar T. Pasha. Punching the Air First edition., Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
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