Notes From Your Bookseller An unflinching look inside the American criminal justice system told from the perspective of a boy incarcerated for a crime he didn’t commit and working to communicate his truth through art. Honest, raw and profoundly eye-opening, this is a must-read for teens and adults alike. New York Times and USA Today bestseller * Goodreads Finalist for Best Teen Book of the Year * Time Magazine Best Book of the Year * Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year * School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Best Book of the Year * New York Public Library Best Book of the Year 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. One of the most acclaimed YA novels of the year, this New York Times and USA Today bestseller is a must-read for fans of Jason Reynolds, Walter Dean Myers, and Elizabeth Acevedo and is now available in paperback! 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, because of a biased system he’s seen as disruptive and unmotivated. 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 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.Punching the Air - ReadingZone Sep 1, 2020 — From Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated.Format: Paperback / softbackPublished: 01-09-2020Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAge range(s): 14+ 'Punching the Air' review: Yusef Salaam of Central Park Five “Punching the Air," by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam (Balzer + Bray, 400 pp., out of four), is a narrative poem about mass Zoboi and Salaam's 'Punching in the Air' by Amadea Hofmann Punching in the Air, Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam, HarperCollins, 400pp, 2020, £7.99 (paperback) · It feels impossible to adequately convey the Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam of the From award-wining bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and Prison Reform Activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes an essential novel in verse about a boy who “Punching the Air” Authors Yusef Salaam, Ibi Zoboi Talk Together, they have created the novel-in-verse Punching the Air, out September 1, a fictional story based upon Salaam's life. Told through a Sep 1, 2020 · Uploaded by Epic Reads Punching The Air is a perfect example of current racism in The novel Punching The Air is narrated by a teen boy named Amal Shahid who has a skill for art and poetry. He eventually got wrongly Punching The Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam - LibrisNotes Punching The Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam. Seventeen-year-old Amal Shahid sits in the courtroom waiting to hear the jury's verdict Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam | Waterstones Punching the Air (Paperback) Following a Black teenager who is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit, this deeply affecting verse novel Read an Excerpt of Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Punching the Air Is a Powerful YA Book Inspired by Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five · Punching the Air is a YA novel-in-verse co-written by Punching the Air Audio CD - Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam Amazon.com: Punching the Air: 9781799940395: Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam: Books.