{"product_id":"punching-the-air-9780062996480","title":"Punching the Air","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGoodreads Finalist for Best Teen Book of the Year * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e Magazine Best Book of the Year * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year* \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShelf Awareness Best Book of the Year \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Public Library Best Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom award-winning author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds, Walter Dean Myers, and Elizabeth Acevedo. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe story that I thought \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ewas my life \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003edidn't start on the day \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI was born \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmal 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe story that I think \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ewill be my life \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003estarts today \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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 for the truth, in a system designed to strip him of both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zoboi, Ibi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Balzer \u0026amp; Bray\/Harperteen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062996480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.50d","brand":"Ibi Zoboi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33052779675723,"sku":"9780062996480","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_6330c7f0-ab1e-4e53-941b-6616a2fe2e06.jpg?v=1612229825","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/punching-the-air-9780062996480","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}