Punching the Air is a book written to make readers understand the necessity for prison reform. Punching the Air will make readers think, but it will also make them feel Amal’s journey as he tries to find his way from despair back to hope. And there are some truths so important, they need to be told. Being locked up threatens to strip away his dignity and his self-worth. Feeling betrayed by the teachers who should have supported him, the lawyer who should have fought for him, and the justice system that should have believed him, Amal has to look deep inside himself to discover if there is anything left he is willing to fight for. Yusef Salaam is a powerful novel-in-verse about a teenage boy who is sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.
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