I am Alfonso Jones

I am Alfonso Jones

Written by:  Tony Medina
Illustrated by:  Stacey Robinson & John Jennings

Booktalk:  

Library Cat Rating:  😻  😻  😻  😻 
    VERDICT is that this is a must own graphic novel for every library.  This is the first graphic novel, and one of the few YA novels to directly engage teens in the conversations happening around police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States.  I would recommend this read for anyone 12 and up.

Citation:
Medina, Tony.  (2017).  I am Alfonso Jones.  New York, NY:  TU Books.

Annotation:
A graphic novel that gives voice and illustration to the police brutality and Black Lives Matter movement currently happening in the United States.

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Extras:

Interested in learning more about the Black Lives Matter movement?  Check out the website here.

One of the artists, John Jennings, talks about underrepresentation of minorities in comics. 

A poetry reading by author Tony Medina.