{"product_id":"i-am-alfonso-jones","title":"I Am Alfonso Jones","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Hate U Give\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emeets\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Lovely Bones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein this unflinching graphic novel about the afterlife of a young man killed by an off-duty police officer, co-illustrated by\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling artist John Jennings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlfonso Jones can't wait to play the role of Hamlet in his school's hip-hop rendition of the classic Shakespearean play. He also wants to let his best friend, Danetta, know how he really feels about her. But as he is buying his first suit, an off-duty police officer mistakes a clothes hanger for a gun, and he shoots Alfonso.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Alfonso wakes up in the afterlife, he's on a ghost train guided by well-known victims of police shootings, who teach him what he needs to know about this subterranean spiritual world. Meanwhile, Alfonso's family and friends struggle with their grief and seek justice for Alfonso in the streets. As they confront their new realities, both Alfonso and those he loves realize the work that lies ahead in the fight for justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the first graphic novel for young readers to focus on police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement, as in\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e, the dead shall speak-and the living yield even more surprises.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Asè Book Boutique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40910165967044,"sku":"","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/7834\/7972\/products\/jnes.gif?v=1637378510","url":"https:\/\/www.thehomeplaceinstitute.com\/products\/i-am-alfonso-jones","provider":"Asè Book Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}