I Am Alfonso Jones: I Am Alfonso Jones (Paperback)

from empress8411

Tony Medina wrote this graphic novel as part of the Black Lives Matter movement. He based the fictional Alfonso Jones on several of the young men shot by law officers in the last few years. I specifically asked for this book to review because I'm white and I'm a racist. As the Black Lives Matter ...

from smcgurr

A graphic novel telling the story of a fictional African-American boy who is wrongly shot by the police and his afterlife, where he encounters (non-fictional) victims of police shootings. This is an important book, but not a somber book, despite the content. The title character is fully realized ...

from sweeks1980

"I Am Alfonso Jones," written by Tony Medina and illustrated by Stacey Robinson and John Jennings, is a compelling and ambitious graphic novel on addressing race and society. The story follows Alfonso Jones, an African-American teenager who is shot by an off-duty police officer while purchasing a...

from readingbeader

I am buying this for my high school library. We need it. We need to read this perspective.

from HippieLunatic

Between the story, the artwork, the writing, this was as close to perfection as I could imagine. The story of a slain black boy, with references to historical and modern day US issues, could have been maudlin. It could have been pure anger or pure sadness and pity for what the black community has...