![]() This box metaphor takes on an extended meaning under the artistry of Zoboi and Salaam. ![]() When his efforts fall on deaf ears, he finds himself in a jail cell, a box. A fallen angel, Amal-whose name coincidentally means hope-has been cast into the hell of false accusations, trumped up evidence, and injustice.Ī prisoner of blind justice, Amal feels like he’s punching the air as he attempts to share the truth about his role in what happened to Jeremy Mathis. ![]() On a fateful night, he finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, choices and circumstances that completely upend his life. ![]() Punching the Air features Amal, a sixteen-year-old art student who dreams, writes poetry, draws, paints, and rides his skateboard. Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam have teamed up to co-author Punching the Air, an important book about the cycle of racial injustice that continues to plague this country, especially in regards to the unfairness of our criminal justice system. Readers of Jason Reynolds, Walter Dean Myers, and Elizabeth Acevedo will likely be fans of this book. ![]()
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