Ghost Boys by Rhodes
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.
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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 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.
Jewell Parker Rhodes is an award-winning fiction and nonfiction author whose works include Voodoo Dreams, Season (previously titled Voodoo Season), Yellow Moon (formerly titled Yellow Moon), Magic City, Douglass' Women, Free Inside Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Writers, and The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Nonfiction. Virginia G. Piper Professor in Creative Writing and artistic director of the Virginia G. Piper Center for the Arts Arizona State University's Piper Center for Creative Writing She is a resident of Scottsdale, Arizona.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780316262262 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316262269 |
| Title | Ghost Boys |
| Author | Rhodes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
| Year published | 2019-09-10 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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