Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five follows Amal, a talented Black teen enrolled in an arts high school, as he navigates a criminal justice system that seems designed to keep him down. Punching the Air by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zaboi and Dr. Plot Summary: After a fight with a group of white boys in a gentrifying section of the neighborhood goes very wrong, landing a white boy in a coma, sixteen-year-old Amal Shahid is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Reading Level/Interest Level: Grade 8 and Up (SLJ).
Genre: Realistic Fiction Novels in Verse.Īwards or Honors: School Library Journal Best Books (2020) Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children’s Literature (2020) Audiofile Magazine Earphones Award Winner, Best Audiobook (2020).
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