November Book Club - Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam's PUNCHING THE AIR

In this Book Club episode of the Unabridged podcast, Ashley, Jen, and Sara discuss Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam's <a href='https://amzn.to/3kRwwTp'>Punching the Air</a>. After our Bookish Check-in, we share our opinions about the book and some favorite quotations, and then each of us offers another book we think would pair well with this YA novel in verse. Finally, we end by sharing some new favorites we've discovered lately.   <p class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">Bookish Check-in</p> Ashley - Akwaeke Emezi’s <a href='https://amzn.to/3es5lw0'>The Death of Vivek Oji</a> Jen - Yaa Gyasi’s <a href='https://amzn.to/34VsxQd'>Transcendent Kingdom</a> <p class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">Sara - Maureen Johnson, John Green, and Lauren Myracle's <a href='https://amzn.to/3kQqDpu'>Let It Snow</a></p>   <p class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">Our Pairings</p> Ashley - Tayari Jones’s <a href='https://amzn.to/3emAmBb'>An American Marriage</a> Jen - Nic Stone’s <a href='https://amzn.to/3ejuqcl'>Dear Justyce</a> <p class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">Sara - Ellen Hopkins’s <a href='https://amzn.to/3kSk4CM'>Burned</a></p>   <p class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">Mentioned in Episode</p> Yaa Gyasi’s <a href='https://amzn.to/35TaSHY'>Homegoing</a> Akwaeke Emezi’s <a href='https://amzn.to/34SUbxc'>Freshwater </a> Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi's <a href='https://amzn.to/384HsJv'>Stamped</a> Jason Reynolds's <a href='https://amzn.to/2Jn27OG'>Long Way Down</a> Bryan Stevenson's <a href='https://amzn.to/2Jo45hO'>Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption</a> Michelle Alexander’s <a href='https://amzn.to/35UQSow'>The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness</a> Wes Moore's <a href='https://amzn.to/34QZ0qM'>The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates</a> Nic Stone's <a href='https://amzn.to/35TbhtY'>Dear Martin</a> “Wait for It” from Hami