
PUNCHING AIR PB
by Ibi Zoboi
Title:
PUNCHING AIR PB
Author:
Ibi Zoboi
Edited by:
Yusef Salaam
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
400 pages
Publisher:
Harper Collins Publishers - UK Wholesale Acct
ISBN-13:
9780008422141
EAN:
9780008422141
Classifications:
Poetry Anthologies and Annuals
Weight (g):
384
Dimensions (mm):
198 x 129 x 32
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 YOTO CARNEGIE MEDALFrom 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. Perfect for fans of the Noughts & Crosses series and The Hate U Give.One fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighbourhood escalates into tragedy. ‘Boys just being boys’ turns out to be true only when those boys are white.Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal Shahid’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.















