![]() ![]() Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal’s bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn’t commit and sent to prison. “Boys, just being boys” turns out to be true only when those boys are white. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy. ![]() But even in a diverse art school, he’s seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. I love novels in verse, and the new book Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam does not disappoint! The mix of art and poetry on the page is a compelling read that finishes quick but lingers in your heart.Īmal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. ![]()
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