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Availability:In StockContributor:Ibi Zoboi, Yusef SalaamAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2021-12-07Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Balzer & Bray/HarperteenISBN-13:9780062996497ISBN-10:62996495UPC:9780062996497Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Social Themes, Law & CrimeBook Topic:Prejudice & Racism, ViolenceSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCP93ARP5F
"Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy ... 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. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art"--
Language:EnglishPublisher:Balzer & Bray/HarperteenISBN-13:9780062996497ISBN-10:62996495UPC:9780062996497Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Social Themes, Law & CrimeBook Topic:Prejudice & Racism, ViolenceSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCP93ARP5F
Zoboi, Ibi: -

Ibi Zoboi holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her novel American Street was a National Book Award finalist and a New York Times Notable Book. She is also the author of Pride and My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich, a New York Times bestseller. She is the editor of the anthology Black Enough. Born in Haiti and raised in New York City, she now lives in New Jersey with her husband and their three children. You can find her online at www.ibizoboi.net.

Salaam, Yusef: -

Dr. Yusef Salaam was just fifteen years old when his life was upended after being wrongly convicted with four other boys in the "Central Park jogger" case. In 2002, after the young men spent years of their lives behind bars, their sentences were overturned. Now known as the Exonerated Five, their story has been documented in the award-winning film The Central Park Five by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon and in Ava DuVernay's highly acclaimed series When They See Us. Yusef is now a poet, activist, and inspirational speaker. He is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from President Barack Obama, among other honors. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Sanovia, and their children. You can find him online at www.yusefspeaks.com.

Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen

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