A review by bibliobrandie
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

5.0

This is my favorite book of 2020. The book is written in verse which really worked with the very personal narrative. At first I was disappointed because I thought this was going to be the story of Dr. Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five. Salaam's personal experiences as a wrongfully incarcerated teenager do inspire the novel but it’s not about his life, though some of his poetry is used in the book. It’s a powerful story.