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I Am Alfonso Jones
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I Am Alfonso Jones Paperback - 2017

by Tony Medina; John Jennings (Illustrator); Stacey Robinson (Colorist)

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The Latinidad List of Best Books, Latinidad
Best Books for Teens, New York Public Library
In the Margins Top Ten List, In the Margins
Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens, American Library Association (ALA)
Ten Best Graphic Novels of 2017, Forbes
Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Skipping Stones Honor Award, Skipping Stones Magazine
Best Books for Kids, New York Public Library

The Hate U Give meets The Lovely Bones in this unflinching graphic novel about the afterlife of a young man killed by an off-duty police officer, co-illustrated by New York Times bestselling artist John Jennings.

Alfonso 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.

When 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.

In the first graphic novel for young readers to focus on police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement, as in Hamlet, the dead shall speak-and the living yield even more surprises.

Foreword by Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of Just Mercy

From the rear cover

Randy DuBurke, Tanita Davis, Daniel Jos� Older, Nikki Giovanni, LeVar Burton, Gene Luen Yang, Ibi Zoboi, Katheryn Russell-Brown, Frederick Luis Aldama, Allie Jane Bruce

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  • Title I Am Alfonso Jones
  • Author Tony Medina; John Jennings (Illustrator); Stacey Robinson (Colorist)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Later Edition
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Tu Books
  • Date 2017-10-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781620142639 / 1620142635
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.6 in (22.61 x 15.49 x 1.52 cm)
  • Ages 13 to 17 years
  • Grade levels 8 - 12
  • Reading level 640
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Death, New York (N.Y.)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017014950
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

Citations

  • Booklist, 09/15/2017, Page 43
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 10/01/2017, Page 0
  • Foreword, 10/26/2017, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 03/01/2018, Page 90
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2018, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/2017, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 01/01/2018, Page 85
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/02/2017, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 10/01/2017, Page 115
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 10/01/2017, Page 0

About the author

Tony Medina is the author of six beloved books for young readers, as well as multiple volumes of poetry for adults. A Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and a professor of creative writing at Howard University, Dr. Medina is a two-time winner of the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People. He lives in the Washington, DC area.

John Jennings co-edited the Eisner-nominated anthology The Blacker the Ink. He is a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of California, Riverside, and the Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellowship at Harvard's Hutchins Center for African & African American Research. Jennings lives in California.

Stacey Robinson is an assistant professor of graphic design at the University of Illinois and an Arthur Schomburg Fellow with an MFA from the University at Buffalo. As part of the team "Black Kirby," he works with fellow artist John Jennings to create graphic novels, gallery exhibitions, and lectures that deconstruct the work of comic book legend Jack Kirby into re-imagined Black resistance spaces inspired by hip-hop, religion, the arts, and sciences. Robinson lives in Illinois and can be found on Twitter (@ProfSARobinson) and Instagram (@StaceyARobinson).

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