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Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

thebookishnic's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

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Maybe I'll pick it up at another time, but I think I've read enough novels in verse for right now.

sstaab19's review against another edition

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dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

katnortonwriter's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

eponineeurydice's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 stars.

thoughts_ofabookworm's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

mackenzie72's review against another edition

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5.0

Audiobook listen

brisingr's review against another edition

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4.0

abolish! the ! prison ! industrial ! complex !

vdiviesti's review against another edition

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5.0

Beautiful.

prettypious's review against another edition

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5.0

The writing—OMG OMG such good writing! The story was a good one and it was very familiar to me and aligned with what I know to be true and my experiences...highly recommend, would be good 5th-9th grade as a whole book study because there are so many different topics you could explore like the school to prison pipeline, prison abolitionists, power dynamics and the abuse of power, hope and faith, the butterfly effect, etc