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Ghost boys

Author

Rhodes, Jewell Parker, author.

Title

Ghost boys / Jewell Parker Rhodes.

Format

Book

Edition

First edition.

Published

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. ©2018

Description

214 pages ; 21 cm

URL

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Notes

Includes discussion questions. Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-214). Text in English.

Summary

"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"-- Provided by publisher. Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better. Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that's been unleashed on his family, his friend Carlos, and his community in the wake of what they see as an unjust and brutal killing. Jerome meets another ghost: Emmett Till. Emmett helps Jerome process what has happened, on a journey toward recognizing how historical racism may have led to the events that ended his life. Jerome also meets Sarah, the daughter of the police officer, who grapples with her father's actions. Once again Jewell Parker Rhodes deftly weaves historical, social, and political layers into a gripping and poignant story about how children and families face the complexities of today's world - and how one boy, in particular, who never had a chance to grow up, comes to understand American blackness in the aftermath of his own death. -- From dust jacket.

Target audience

Middle School. Structure indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 60 (medium) Semantic indicator: 100 (very high) Decoding indicator: 90 (high) Lexile.

Awards

Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee​, 2019-2020.

Subject headings

Till, Emmett, 1941-1955--Juvenile fiction. Police shootings--Juvenile fiction. Racism--Juvenile fiction. Death--Juvenile fiction. African Americans--Juvenile fiction. Families--Illinois--Chicago--Juvenile fiction. Chicago (Ill.)--Juvenile fiction. Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations--Juvenile fiction.

Genre heading

Historical fiction. Ghost stories. Fiction. Fiction. Juvenile works.

ISBN

9780316262286 (hardcover) 0316262285 (hardcover) 9780316262255 (electronic book) 9780316262248 (library edition electronic book) 9780780412361 0780412362

Standard Identifier

99979107761