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Ghost Boys

Jewell Parker Rhodes
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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. 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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Jewell Parker Rhodes EAN: 9780316262262 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Little, Brown & Company DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-09-10 CITY: GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American & Black, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Violence WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      United States of America, USA, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Relating to African American / Black American people, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying, violence, abuse and peer pressure

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      Jewell Parker Rhodes is the author of Ninth Ward, a Coretta Scott King honor book, Sugar, winner of the Jane Adams Peace Association book award, Bayou Magic, and Towers Falling. She has also written many award-winning books for adults
      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. 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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Jewell Parker Rhodes EAN: 9780316262262 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Little, Brown & Company DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-09-10 CITY: GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American & Black, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Violence WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      United States of America, USA, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Relating to African American / Black American people, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying, violence, abuse and peer pressure

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      Jewell Parker Rhodes is the author of Ninth Ward, a Coretta Scott King honor book, Sugar, winner of the Jane Adams Peace Association book award, Bayou Magic, and Towers Falling. She has also written many award-winning books for adults

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