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I am Alfonso Jones

Title
I am Alfonso Jones / written by Tony Medina ; illustrated by Stacey Robinson and John Jennings ; foreword by Bryan Stevenson.
Author
Medina, Tony
Publication
New York : Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc., [2017]

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Additional Authors
  • Robinson, Stacey, 1972-
  • Jennings, John, 1970-
  • Stevenson, Bryan
Description
167 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
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
  • Black lives matter movement > Juvenile fiction
  • Black lives matter movement > Comic books, strips, etc
  • Police shootings > Comic books, strips, etc
  • Teenagers, Black > Death > Comic books, strips, etc
  • Ghosts > Comic books, strips, etc
  • Justice > Comic books, strips, etc
  • Black lives matter movement
  • Ghosts
  • Justice
  • Police shootings
  • New York (N.Y.) > Comic books, strips, etc
  • New York (State) > New York
Genre/Form
  • Comic books, strips, etc.
  • Comics (Graphic works)
  • Fiction.
  • Graphic novels.
  • Juvenile works.
Awards (note)
  • YALSA Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2018.
Call Number
JFE 18-6027
ISBN
  • 9780606403948
  • 0606403949
  • 9781620142639
  • 1620142635
LCCN
2017014950
OCLC
978795891
Author
Medina, Tony, author.
Title
I am Alfonso Jones / written by Tony Medina ; illustrated by Stacey Robinson and John Jennings ; foreword by Bryan Stevenson.
Publisher
New York : Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc., [2017]
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Creator/Contributor Characteristics
Ethic/cultural African Americans
Awards
YALSA Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2018.
Added Author
Robinson, Stacey, 1972- illustrator.
Jennings, John, 1970- illustrator.
Stevenson, Bryan, writer of introduction.
Research Call Number
JFE 18-6027
Sc E 17-1380
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