Punching the Air
Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam
Amal is a sixteen-year-old artist attending a diverse art school, but a biased system sees him as disruptive and unmotivated. After an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood ends in tragedy, he is convicted of a crime he did not commit and sent to prison. Told in verse, the novel follows Amal after his future is overturned, as he struggles for truth and humanity within a system shaped by racial bias.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
