The reader will experience the stories of other victims of police brutality from their point of view. I Am Alfonso Jones is told from the perspective of Alfonso and readers follow his daily life up to his death and beyond into the afterlife. Too many of our people are getting vacuumed into the prison industry or killed for no rational reason whatsoever but the skin they’re living in….” This is not a country that values black boys, men-women or girls, for that matter. You have to learn how to conduct-I mean, protect-yourself, especially in the presence of police officers. This is not about birds-or bees-flowers or any of that mess! This is about what it means to be black in America. Velasco tells Alfonso, “Son, this ‘talk’ is not what you think it would be. This is depicted in a scene where Alfonso’s grandfather, Velasco, gives his grandson “the Talk”-a conversation about race. In America, there are unwritten rules for black people to follow. A mundane activity, such as buying a suit for a special event, can instantly turn into another death plastered all over news media outlets. The novel also shows the different realities black people, especially boys and men, face. The graphic novel uses a striking art style and simple, but effective prose, that allows the point to come across well black lives do matter, and the loss of black life is a human rights issue. I Am Alfonso Jones is a touching novel about the Black Lives Matter movement and why the movement matters. In the world of the living, Alfonso’s friends, family, and classmates struggle to come to terms with his death, and his death sparks massive protests throughout the world. Alfonso is transported onto a ghost train where he meets victims of police brutality. While shopping and changing jackets, a police officer fatally shoots Alfonso, thinking the coat hanger was a gun, despite the two objects having no similarity in appearance. But now his father is finally being released from prison after being proven innocent! Alfonso’s mother sends him to buy a suit for his father’s return. To complicate matters, Alfonso’s father is in prison after being wrongfully accused of murdering and raping a white woman.

Danetta is also Alfonso’s best friend, and he wants to let her know how he really feels about her. His class plans to put on a hip-hop rendition of Shakespeare’s Hamlet with Alfonso starring as King Claudius and his crush, Danetta, as Queen Gertrude. Fifteen-year-old Alfonso Jones has had an interesting life.

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