A review by alomie
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I liked this one, I listened to it as an audio book and at times it was heartbreaking but a good introduction to and look at how the system is broken. 
It does not offer solutions but helps young people understand that there is not a level playing field. 
I don't know if I would recommend this, but i enjoyed it.