Punching the Air2020 · Contemporary · with Ibi ZoboiCarnegie Medal Shortlist 2022Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor 2021Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Honor 2021Walter Dean Myers Award 2021YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults 2021YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2021
Amal, a Black teen artist and poet, is wrongfully convicted after a fight and holds onto his humanity through art.
