![]() ![]() I could feel the bigger feelings that Amal was experiencing (anger, fear, injustice, hope, hopelessness, etc.), but never really felt like I knew him on a deeper level. While the poetry is exquisitely written, I felt a sense of disconnect from the characters and overall story. ![]() It follows his experience as he is locked up in a juvenile detention center and how he faces a variety of challenges (both internal and external). Spoiler-Free Review: “Punching the Air” is a YA novel-in-verse that follows Amal, a black and Muslim teen boy who is wrongfully convicted of a crime that he did not commit. ![]() Regardless, it’s still one that is well worth reading and one that I would recommend to any teen or adult reader. It had so many important themes and was beautifully written in verse, but there was something that left me feeling a little disconnected from the story as a whole. This was a really interesting book, and one that is taking me a little longer than usual to process my feelings about. ![]()
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