Punching the Air
(Large Print)
Author
Contributors
Salaam, Yusef, 1974- author.
Pasha, Omar T., illustrator.
Published
[Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.
ISBN
9781420515732 (paperback), 142051573X
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen | TEEN FICTION ZOBOI, I.A. | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American teenage boys -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Artists -- Fiction.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Fiction.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Fiction.
False imprisonment -- Fiction.
Judicial error -- Fiction.
Justice -- Fiction.
Male prisoners -- Fiction.
Novels in verse.
Teenage artists -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Artists -- Fiction.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Fiction.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Fiction.
False imprisonment -- Fiction.
Judicial error -- Fiction.
Justice -- Fiction.
Male prisoners -- Fiction.
Novels in verse.
Teenage artists -- Fiction.
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Format
Large Print
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
492 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5.7, 5 Points
Level 5.7, 5 Points
Notes
Description
"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. 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? Award-winning author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam tell a 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."--Back cover.
Target Audience
14-17.
Target Audience
09-12.
Local note
LARGE PRINT
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)
Zoboi, I. A., Salaam, Y., & Pasha, O. T. (2024). Punching the Air. (Large print edition). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, Yusef Salaam and Omar T., Pasha. 2024. Punching the Air. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, Yusef Salaam and Omar T., Pasha. Punching the Air. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.
UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)Zoboi, I. A., Salaam, Y. and Pasha, O. T. (2024). Punching the air. Large print edn [Waterville, Maine]: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)Zoboi, Ibi Aanu., Yusef Salaam, and Omar T. Pasha. Punching the Air. Large print edition, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.
Note: Citations contain only title, author, edition, and publisher. Only UCL Harvard citations contain the year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of May 2025.
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