Punching the Air /
Edition statement:Large print edition. Published by : Thorndike Press, (Waterville, Maine :) Physical details: 493 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm ISBN:9781432884727.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Large Print | W. Ross Macdonald School Library Fiction | FIC ZOB (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Copy#1 | Available | 2022-0570 |
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?
Ages 14-up Thorndike Press
Grades 10-12 Thorndike Press
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2020
Carnegie Medal Nominee, 2022
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