by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
This book is based on the life of a young black American man who was wrongfully imprisoned for the attack on a white man in New York. The book is a collaboration between an author, Zoboi, and the young black man, now Dr. Yusef Salaam.
The book is written entirely in poems. It is brilliant. It is powerful, beautiful, angry, sad and ultimately feisty and hopeful. It made my heart race because of the passion and anger in it. Despite everything that happened to the young man he kept his spirit, his commitment to being himself.
It describes his trial, his trials in prison and what he experiences and how he fights for what he wants and needs despite many setbacks.
An amazing, unforgettable book.
I wish I could write like that.
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