I Am Alfonso Jones
  • I Am Alfonso Jones
  • I Am Alfonso Jones
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  • I Am Alfonso Jones
ISBN: 1620142635
EAN13: 9781620142639
Language: English
Pages: 176
Dimensions: 1" H x 9" L x 6" W
Weight: 1.11 lbs.
Format: Paperback
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Book Overview

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.

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   Good messages/ Okay storyline
Not so much a storyline, but a retelling of history and examples of systemic racism in US society... I appreciated the info, but I feel it kinda hits you over the head with the themes of black lives matter - but maybe that is what we need to learn.
 
5
   Good book for my preteen
I bought this book to add to my son's reading collection. He thought it was a comic book, but it is more like a good book due to the illustrations.
 
5
   completely relevant and amazing. I will definitely recommend this to others
I bought this particular book for the sole purpose of incorporating it into my school library. Just finished it and must say that it is well crafted, completely relevant and amazing.
 
5
   This is a great achievement in youth literature
This is a great achievement in the youth literature and equally resonant for adults. It was designed to be a classic.
 
5
   Great graphic novel that introduces the Black Lives Matter through ...
YA labeled through my library '', I found it very informative and put it in my fifth library. Hasn 't stayed on the shelf more than one class.
 
5
   Sobering and beautiful
I'll admit that graphic novels are not my favorite story telling media, but this really used it well. It is gorgeously drawn. The threads of Hamlet were genius throughout. This is not a book with a happy ending. There is no justice in the end for Alfonso, just pain and heartache and a world that continues.
 
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   Critical Addition for Young Adult Libraries
I Am Alfonso Jones is a critical addition to all of the young adult classroom libraries! Alfonso Jones is a character that students are able to relate to and develop a relationship with even after his death. The graphic novel format of this story is important in that it gives access to an entirely new audience of readers to an important social justice topic. The visualization allows readers to read Alfonso's story differently than if they were just reading words. The multiple perspectives illustrated throughout this story allow readers to be thoughtful warriors for a positive change in their futures!
 
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