Air
By: Ryan Gattis
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780986448423
Subjects: Inner cities; Juvenile fiction; Extreme sports
Description: After 17-year-old Grey witnesses the tragic death of his mother in Colorado, he is shipped off to live with his aunt in inner-city Baltimore, where he struggles to fit in to a new school and community. His new friend Akil introduces him to the enigmatic Kurtis, the leader of a group that uses high-octane sports as a form of social activism. By challenging the police with death-defying stunts and posting videos of them online, Kurtis, Grey, and their group become unlikely heroes in the fight against the prejudice that surrounds them.