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A review by abbynlewis
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
I read every book written in verse that I can find because most of the time I adore them. They also aren’t really marketed as a genre; I’ve never seen a section in a bookstore dedicated to verse books, so whenever I stumble upon once I get excited.
Punching the Air tells the story of a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. It’s a story about racism as well as finding your passion, that thing that gets you through each day, no matter how difficult the day. For Amal Shahid, that’s poetry and art.
The book is cowritten by contemporary author Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam, one of the Exonerated 5 who were wrongfully incarcerated for the rape of a white woman. Punching the Air does not tell the story of the Exonerated 5, but the central narrative seems to be inspired by and based on Salaam’s experience in prison.
Continue reading: https://freeairforfish.com/2021/09/12/book-review-punching-the-air-ibi-zoboi-yusef-salaam/
Punching the Air tells the story of a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. It’s a story about racism as well as finding your passion, that thing that gets you through each day, no matter how difficult the day. For Amal Shahid, that’s poetry and art.
The book is cowritten by contemporary author Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam, one of the Exonerated 5 who were wrongfully incarcerated for the rape of a white woman. Punching the Air does not tell the story of the Exonerated 5, but the central narrative seems to be inspired by and based on Salaam’s experience in prison.
Continue reading: https://freeairforfish.com/2021/09/12/book-review-punching-the-air-ibi-zoboi-yusef-salaam/