{"product_id":"i-am-alfonso-jones-paperback","title":"I Am Alfonso Jones - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Latinidad List of Best Books, Latinidad\u003cbr\u003e Best Books for Teens, New York Public Library\u003cbr\u003e In the Margins Top Ten List, In the Margins\u003cbr\u003e Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens, American Library Association (ALA)\u003cbr\u003e Ten Best Graphic Novels of 2017, Forbes\u003cbr\u003e Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)\u003cbr\u003e Skipping Stones Honor Award, Skipping Stones Magazine\u003cbr\u003e Best Books for Kids, New York Public Library\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hate U Give\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Lovely Bones\u003c\/i\u003e in this unflinching graphic novel about the afterlife of a young man killed by an off-duty police officer, co-illustrated by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling artist John Jennings.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlfonso Jones can't wait to play the role of Hamlet in his school's hip-hop rendition of the classic Shakespearean play. He also wants to let his best friend, Danetta, know how he really feels about her. But as he is buying his first suit, an off-duty police officer mistakes a clothes hanger for a gun, and he shoots Alfonso.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Alfonso wakes up in the afterlife, he's on a ghost train guided by well-known victims of police shootings, who teach him what he needs to know about this subterranean spiritual world. Meanwhile, Alfonso's family and friends struggle with their grief and seek justice for Alfonso in the streets. As they confront their new realities, both Alfonso and those he loves realize the work that lies ahead in the fight for justice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the first graphic novel for young readers to focus on police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement, as in \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, the dead shall speak-and the living yield even more surprises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword by \u003cb\u003eBryan Stevenson\u003c\/b\u003e, Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of \u003ci\u003eJust Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRandy DuBurke, Tanita Davis, Daniel José Older, Nikki Giovanni, LeVar Burton, Gene Luen Yang, Ibi Zoboi, Katheryn Russell-Brown, Frederick Luis Aldama, Allie Jane Bruce\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50433272086751,"sku":"9781620142639","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/MWhWSjgzbXhQOEF3V0lqc1BYbU1vUT09.webp?v=1782172374","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/i-am-alfonso-jones-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}