Punching the air
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Salaam, Yusef, author.
Pasha, Omar T., illustrator.
Published
New York, NY : Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperrCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Appears on these lists
Status
Bordeaux - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Zoboi
1 available
YA Fiction Zoboi
1 available
Hadley Park - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Zoboi
1 available
YA Fiction Zoboi
1 available
Watkins Park - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Zoboi
1 available
YA Fiction Zoboi
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bordeaux - Teen Fiction | YA Fiction Zoboi | On Shelf |
| Edmondson Pike - Teen Fiction | YA Fiction Zoboi | Checked Out |
| Hadley Park - Teen Fiction | YA Fiction Zoboi | On Shelf |
| Watkins Park - Teen Fiction | YA Fiction Zoboi | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American teenage boys -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Artists -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Fiction.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Fiction.
False imprisonment -- Fiction.
Judicial error -- Fiction.
Justice -- Fiction.
Male prisoners -- Fiction.
Novels in verse.
Teenage artists -- Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Artists -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Fiction.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Fiction.
False imprisonment -- Fiction.
Judicial error -- Fiction.
Justice -- Fiction.
Male prisoners -- Fiction.
Novels in verse.
Teenage artists -- Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
More Details
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
386 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9780062996480 (hardcover), 0062996487 (hardcover), 9780008422141 (pbk.), 0008422141 (pbk.), 9780062996497 (trade pbk.), 0062996495 (trade pbk.)
Reading Level
UG
Level 5.7, 5 Points
Level 5.7, 5 Points
Notes
Description
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.
Target Audience
5.7.
Target Audience
8-12.
Target Audience
NP 0 Lexile.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR-ATOS UG 5.7 5.0 509958.
Citations
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 HarperrCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, Yusef, Salaam and Omar T., Pasha. 2020. Punching the Air. Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperrCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, Yusef, Salaam and Omar T., Pasha. Punching the Air. Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperrCollinsPublishers, 2020.
UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)Zoboi, I. A., Salaam, Y. and Pasha, O. T. (2020). Punching the air. First edn New York, NY: Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperrCollinsPublishers.
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 HarperrCollinsPublishers, 2020.
Note: Citations contain only title, author, edition, and publisher. Only UCL Harvard citations contain the year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of May 2025.
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