Ghost Boys

✍ Scribed by Jewell Parker Rhodes

• Book ID: 100214479
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 124 KB
• Edition: First edition
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 0316262242

✦ Synopsis

An instant New York Times bestseller

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A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes.

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Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better.

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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 and community in the wake of what they see as an unjust and brutal killing.

Soon Jerome meets another ghost: Emmett Till, a boy from a very different time but similar circumstances. Emmett helps Jerome process what has happened, on a journey towards recognizing how historical racism may have led to the events that ended his life. Jerome also meets Sarah, the daughter of the police...