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 Shahids bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didnt commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns totherefuge 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 forthetruth, in a system designed to strip him of both. >Punching The AirZoboi Ibi And Salaam YusefUK CHILDREN'S9780008422141
From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam oftheExonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. Perfect for fans oftheNoughts & Crossesseries andTheHate 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 Shahids bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didnt commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns totherefuge 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 forthetruth, in a system designed to strip him of both.