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A review by thebakerbookworm
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
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? It's complicated
5.0
A powerful book in verse that is a quick read, but will leave you pausing throughout just to digest everything being said. I really enjoyed the art and drawings that accompanied the poems.
If you don't know, Yusef Salaam is one of the Central Park Five, and you can feel his real experiences bleed through these pages. There are no clear-cut answers at the end, as in life, but I think that tension is important to sit with.
Highly recommend this one.
If you don't know, Yusef Salaam is one of the Central Park Five, and you can feel his real experiences bleed through these pages. There are no clear-cut answers at the end, as in life, but I think that tension is important to sit with.
Highly recommend this one.
Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence