Punching the air
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Published
New York, NY : Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
386 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
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Status
Campbell Co. Public Library - Young Adult Collection
YA ZOBOI I.
2 available
YA ZOBOI I.
2 available
Campbell Co. - Wright Branch - Young Adult Collection
YA ZOBOI I.
1 available
YA ZOBOI I.
1 available
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Co. Public Library - Young Adult Collection | YA ZOBOI I. | On Shelf | |
| Campbell Co. Public Library - Young Adult Collection | YA ZOBOI I. | On Shelf | |
| Campbell Co. - Wright Branch - Young Adult Collection | YA ZOBOI I. | On Shelf |
| Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Co. Public Library - Young Adult Fiction | YA FICTION ZOBOI | On Shelf | |
| Big Horn Co. - Greybull Branch - New Item | YA ZOB | On Shelf | |
| Big Horn Co. Library - Basin - Young Adult Fiction | YA ZOB | On Shelf | |
| CCL - Glenrock - Young Adult Fiction | YA ZOB | On Shelf | |
| Casper College Library - Young Adult Collection | YA FIC ZOB | On Shelf |
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.
Novels in verse.
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.
Novels in verse.
Teenage artists -- Fiction.
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More Details
Published
New York, NY : Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5.7, 5 Points
Level 5.7, 5 Points
Notes
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.
Reading Level
NP,Lexile
Reading Level
Accelerated Reader,5.7
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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 HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, Yusef, Salaam and Omar T., Pasha. 2020. Punching the Air. 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 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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