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★ “The girls’ intertwined tales, blurring and shifting over the course of the narrative, unfold in lyrical alternating first-person verse and are cleverly used to discuss beauty ideals and colorism. Readers will enjoy the ways the monstrous characters’ human facades shift. A vividly creative, heart-pounding poetic journey infused with Caribbean folklore.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Ambitious and unapologetic in its rendering, deftly addressing themes of colorism, assimilation, and inheritance. This fast-paced fever dream of a tale crackles and sparks on the page—almost burning the fingertips as it weaves folklore into reality; these dynamic girls reckoning with an inescapable lineage will change the way you look at the night sky." — Amber McBride, National Book Award finalist and author of Me (Moth) Praise for AMERICAN STREET: “Brimming with culture, magic, warmth, and unabashed rawness, Zoboi [is], without question, an inevitable force in storytelling.” — Jason Reynolds, award-winning of Long Way Down and coauthor of All American Boys Praise for AMERICAN STREET: “Zoboi’s nascent storytelling gifts ensnare from page one. To this spellbinding voice of the next generation, I bow.” — Rita Williams-Garcia, New York Times bestselling author and three-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award Praise for AMERICAN STREET: “Ibi Zoboi brings us magic and mystery. A powerful page-turner.” — Laura Ruby, author of Bone Gap, National Book Award Finalist and Michael L. Printz Award winner Praise for AMERICAN STREET: ★ “Filling her pages with magic, humanity, tragedy, and hope, Zoboi builds up, takes apart, and then rebuilds an unforgettable story.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Praise for NIGERIA JONES: ★ “Zoboi’s mesmerizing storytelling soars.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) Praise for PUNCHING THE AIR: ★ “The sympathetic, nuanced portrayal of this young man will have readers holding out hope until the novel’s end.” — Horn Book (starred review) Praise for PUNCHING THE AIR: ★ "A mesmerizing novel-in-verse. The poems—sharp, uninhibited and full of metaphors and sensory language—quickly establish Amal's voice, laying bare the anger, despair, hope and talent it holds. Amal's experience of abuse by the system, as well as his peers', incites raw outrage, but his artistic self-expression offers a subtle yet significant kind of hope. It is a hope borne of anger, that knows the full depths of injustice and still dreams of a better future.” — Shelf Awareness (starred review) Praise for PUNCHING THE AIR: "A wrenching novel whose story, told in verse, is both urgent and heartbreakingly familiar....Amal’s name is the Arabic word for 'hope.' That is what this book ultimately offers, too. Everyone should read it." — New York Times Book Review