I am Alfonso Jones / written by Tony Medina ; illustrated by Stacey Robinson and John Jennings ; foreword by Bryan Stevenson
- Author:
- Medina, Tony
- Published:
- New York : Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc., [2017]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2017
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Physical Description:
- 167 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Robinson, Stacey, 1972-, Jennings, John, 1970-, and Stevenson, Bryan
Related Resources
- More Info: firstsearch.oclc.org
- Summary:
- The ghost of fifteen-year-old Alfonso Jones travels in a New York subway car full of the living and the dead, watching his family and friends fight for justice after he is killed by an off-duty police officer while buying a suit in a Midtown department store.
- Subject(s):
- Black lives matter movement—Comic books, strips, etc
- Police shootings—Comic books, strips, etc
- African American teenagers—Death—Comic books, strips, etc
- Ghosts—Comic books, strips, etc
- Justice—Comic books, strips, etc
- New York (N.Y.)—Comic books, strips, etc
- Graphic novels
- Police shootings—Fiction
- Death—Fiction
- Ghosts—Fiction
- Justice—Fiction
- Black lives matter movement—Fiction
- African Americans—Fiction
- New York (N.Y.)—Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION—Comics & Graphic Novels—Paranormal
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION—Diversity & Multicultural
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION—Social Themes—Violence
- Black lives matter movement
- Ghosts
- Justice
- Police shootings
- New York (State)—New York
- New York (N.Y.)—Juvenile fiction
- Genre(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780606403948 (handback)
0606403949 (handback)
9781620142639 (paperback)
1620142635 (paperback) - Audience:
- Teenagers
- Participant/Performer Note:
- Foreword by Bryan Stevenson.
- Awards:
- YALSA Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2018.
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