The Resource Punching the air, written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha
Punching the air, written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha
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The item Punching the air, written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Punching the air, written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- 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 neighbourhood 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
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Punching the air
- Title
- Punching the air
- Statement of responsibility
- written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha
- Subject
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- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Juvenile fiction
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Juvenile fiction
- False imprisonment -- Juvenile fiction
- Judicial error -- Juvenile fiction
- Justice -- Juvenile fiction
- Male prisoners -- Juvenile fiction
- Novels in verse
- Teenage artists -- Juvenile fiction
- African American boys -- Juvenile fiction
- trueYoung adult fiction
- Victims of crimes -- Juvenile fiction
- African American teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction
- Art -- Psychological aspects -- Juvenile fiction
- Language
- eng
- 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 neighbourhood 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
- Cataloging source
- QPPL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- Ages 12+
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Salaam, Yusef
- Pasha, Omar T.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Novels in verse
- False imprisonment
- Victims of crimes
- Art
- African American boys
- African American teenage boys
- Teenage artists
- Judicial error
- Male prisoners
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Justice
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- Punching the air, written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000067632885
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 386 pages
- Isbn
- 9780008422141
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1184748255
- Label
- Punching the air, written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000067632885
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 386 pages
- Isbn
- 9780008422141
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1184748255
Subject
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Juvenile fiction
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Juvenile fiction
- False imprisonment -- Juvenile fiction
- Judicial error -- Juvenile fiction
- Justice -- Juvenile fiction
- Male prisoners -- Juvenile fiction
- Novels in verse
- Teenage artists -- Juvenile fiction
- African American boys -- Juvenile fiction
- trueYoung adult fiction
- Victims of crimes -- Juvenile fiction
- African American teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction
- Art -- Psychological aspects -- Juvenile fiction
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