TY - BOOK AU - Medina,Tony AU - Robinson,Stacey AU - Jennings,John TI - I am Alfonso Jones SN - 9781620142639 U1 - 741.5 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Tu Books KW - Graphic novels KW - Police shootings KW - Fiction KW - Death KW - Ghosts KW - Justice KW - Black lives matter movement KW - African Americans KW - New York (N.Y.) N2 - Alfonso 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. When 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 UR - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34099859-i-am-alfonso-jones?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13#CommunityReviews ER -