Punching the air
(Book)
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New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,, [2020].
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
386 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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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. 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?
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T F Zobo
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Zob
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TEEN FICTION ZOBOI, I. A.
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Unknown
ISBN:
9780062996480, 0062996487
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.7, 5 Points
Level 5.7, 5 Points
Lexile code:
NP: Non-Prose
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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. 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?
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APA Citation (style guide)
Zoboi, I. A., Salaam, Y., & Pasha, O. T. (2020). Punching the air. First edition. Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, Yusef Salaam and Omar T., Pasha. 2020. Punching the Air. Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, Yusef Salaam and Omar T., Pasha, Punching the Air. Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,, et al. Punching the Air. First edition. Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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