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Punching the Air is a young adult novel-in-verse by Ibi Zoboi and Dr. Yusef Salaam. Zoboi and Salaam met at Hunter College in 1999, two years before Salaam was exonerated for allegedly assaulting and raping a woman in Manhattan's Central Park. Although Punching the Air is not based on Salaam's experience of racial profiling, “Amal’s character is inspired by him as an artist and as an incarcerated teen who had the support of his family, read lots of books, and made art to keep his mind free.”
- Format: Hardback
- Author: Zoboi, Ibi, Salaam, Yusef
- ISBN: 9780062996480
- Condition: Near Fine
- Publisher: Balzer + Bray
- Publication Year: 2020
- Signed: Yes