SuitabookPunching the Air
Ibi Aanu Zoboi
- Reading
- Consider reading together and pausing to talk about how Amal’s art and words affect his experience.
- Themes
- Prejudice and criminal justice: Amal is treated as disruptive by a biased system and convicted of a crime he did not commit. The book takes a critical view of this.
- Art and self-expression: Amal turns to words and art while imprisoned and struggling with despair and rage. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Wrongful conviction, imprisonment, despair and rage are central elements.