In this Book Club episode of the Unabridged podcast, Ashley, Jen, and Sara discuss Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam's Punching the Air. 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. Bookish Check-in Ashley - Akwaeke Emezi’s The Death of Vivek Oji Jen - Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom Sara - Maureen Johnson, John Green, and Lauren Myracle's Let It Snow Our Pairings Ashley - Tayari Jones’s An American Marriage Jen - Nic Stone’s Dear Justyce Sara - Ellen Hopkins’s Burned Mentioned in Episode Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped Jason Reynolds's Long Way Down Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Wes Moore's The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates Nic Stone's Dear Martin “Wait for It” from Hamilton West Wing Weekly Song Exploder podcast and Netflix series Partners podcast Give Me One - A Recent Favorite Ashley - Kim’s Convenience on Netflix Jen - In the Dark, most recent episode with Curtis Flowers Sara - Hamilton Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page. Want to support Unabridged? Check out our Merch Store! Become a patron on Patreon. Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram. Like and follow our Facebook Page. Subscribe to our YouTube channel. Check out our Teachers Pay Teachers store. Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter. Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on Apple Podcasts or on Stitcher. Check us out on Podbean. Please note that we a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

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“What did the council decide on item 42?” — answered with the speaker and the moment.

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