Recommended reading from Deschutes librarians
by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam Yusef Salaam pulls from his experience as part of the âExonerated Fiveâ and lends it to award-winning author Ibi Zoboiâs heartbreaking story of the price that comes with being in the wrong place at the wrong time in the wrong skin color. Amal Shahid, a gifted poet and artist of 16, finds himself in the unimaginable position of being convicted of a crime that he did not commit. Now Amal faces nothing but time. Time to think about the injustices of a broken system. Time to think about how the color of his skin can define his future. Time to think ab...
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