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Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2018, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-10
0316262285
ISBN-13
9780316262286
eBay Product ID (ePID)
242889016

Product Key Features

Book Title
Ghost Boys
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Social Themes / Death & Dying, Historical / United States / 20th Century, People & Places / United States / African American, Ghost Stories, General, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes), People & Places / United States / General, Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Juvenile Fiction
Author
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
LCCN
2017-019240
Dewey Edition
23
Grade From
Fifth Grade
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Synopsis
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. An instant New York Times bestseller An instant IndieBound bestseller The #1 Kids' Indie Next Pick A Walter Award winner 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 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 officer, who grapples with her father's actions. Once again Jewell Parker Rhodes deftly weaves historical and socio-political layers into a gripping and poignant story about how children and families face the complexities of today's world, and how one boy grows to understand American blackness in the aftermath of his own death., A New York Times bestseller! A heartbreaking and powerful novel about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes. 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 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 officer, who grapples with her father's actions. Once again Jewell Parker Rhodes deftly weaves historical and socio-political layers into a gripping and poignant story about how children and families face the complexities of today's world, and how one boy grows to understand American blackness in the aftermath of his own death.
LC Classification Number
PZ7.R3476235Gho 2018

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