Punching the Air

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL
From award-winning, bestselling 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 the Noughts & Crosses series and The Hate U Give.

About the author

Ibi Zoboi was born in Haiti, and holds an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her writing has been published in The New York Times Book Review, and The Rumpus, among others. She is the author of American Street, a US National Book Award finalist. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and three children. You can find her online at www.ibizoboi.net.

Dr. Yusef Salaam was just fifteen when he was wrongly convicted in the “Central Park jogger” case, along with four other boys. In 2002, after years behind bars, they were fully exonerated. Their story has been documented in award-winning film The Central Park Five and acclaimed Netflix series When They See Us. Yusef is now a poet, activist and inspirational speaker who lives in Atlanta, GA. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from President Barack Obama. www.yusefspeaks.com

Summary

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL From award-winning, bestselling 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 the Noughts & Crosses series and The Hate U Give.

Product details

• Authors: Yusef Salaam, Ibi Zoboi, Zoboi Ibi
• Publisher: Haper Collins Children's Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780008422141
• ISBN: 978-0-00-842214-1
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 33 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age; USA, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Novels in Verse, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Law & Crime, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), United States of America, USA, Relating to adolescence / teenage years, Interest age: from c 12 years, Poetry (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories in verse, Relating to African American / Black American people, Children’s / Teenage fiction: True stories told as fiction, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / African American & Black, Children’s / Teenage: Crime & mystery fiction