I Am Alfonso Jones

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ISBN: 9781620142639
Author: Medina, Tony / Jennings, John (ILT) / Robinson, Stacey (ILT)
Series Title: I Am Alfonso Jones Ser.
Binding: Paperback
Fiction/ Nonfiction: Fiction
Annotation: Alfonso Jones can't wait to play the role of Hamlet in his school's hip-hop rendition of theclassic Shakespearean play. He also wants to let his best friend, Danetta, know how he reallyfeels about her. But as he is buying his first suit, an off-duty police officer mistakes a clotheshanger for a gun, and he shoots Alfonso.When Alfonso wakes up in the afterlife, he's on a ghost train guided by well-known victimsof police shootings, who teach him what he needs to know about this subterranean spiritualworld. Meanwhile, Alfonso's family and friends struggle with their grief and seek justice forAlfonso in the streets. As they confront their new realities, both Alfonso and those he lovesrealize the work that lies ahead in the fight for justice.In the first graphic novel for young readers to focus on police brutality and the Black LivesMatter movement, as in Hamlet, the dead shall speak'and the living yield even more surprises.
Grade Level: 6-8
Publisher: Lee & Low Books, Incorporated
Lexile Range: 600-699
Interest Level: Grades 9-12
AR/ATOS Level Range: 4.0-4.4
Publish Year: 2017