Ghost boys
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IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 360L
Description
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.
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.
Subjects
Subjects
African American Fiction
African Americans
African Americans -- Fiction
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
Audiobooks
Battle of the Books, Indian Trail 2021-2022
Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction
Chicago (Ill.) -- Juvenile fiction
Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile fiction
Children's audiobooks
Death
Death -- Fiction
Death -- Juvenile fiction
Families
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile fiction
Family life
Family life -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction
Ghost stories
Historical fiction
Juvenile Fiction
Juvenile Literature
Police shootings
Police shootings -- Fiction
Police shootings -- Juvenile fiction
Race relations
Racism
Racism -- Fiction
Racism -- Juvenile fiction
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' nominee book, 2022
Social problem fiction
Till, Emmett
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955 -- Fiction
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955 -- Juvenile fiction
African Americans
African Americans -- Fiction
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
Audiobooks
Battle of the Books, Indian Trail 2021-2022
Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction
Chicago (Ill.) -- Juvenile fiction
Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile fiction
Children's audiobooks
Death
Death -- Fiction
Death -- Juvenile fiction
Families
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile fiction
Family life
Family life -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction
Ghost stories
Historical fiction
Juvenile Fiction
Juvenile Literature
Police shootings
Police shootings -- Fiction
Police shootings -- Juvenile fiction
Race relations
Racism
Racism -- Fiction
Racism -- Juvenile fiction
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' nominee book, 2022
Social problem fiction
Till, Emmett
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955 -- Fiction
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955 -- Juvenile fiction
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ISBN:
9780316262262
9781549168192
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Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 3, 3 Points
Level 3, 3 Points
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 360L
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile fiction
Children's audiobooks
Death -- Fiction
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Police shootings -- Fiction
Police shootings -- Juvenile fiction
Racism -- Fiction
Racism -- Juvenile fiction
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' nominee book, 2022
Social problem fiction
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955 -- Fiction
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955 -- Juvenile fiction
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
Audiobooks
Battle of the Books, Indian Trail 2021-2022
Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction
Chicago (Ill.) -- Juvenile fiction
Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile fiction
Children's audiobooks
Death -- Fiction
Death -- Juvenile fiction
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Family life -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction
Ghost stories
Historical fiction
Police shootings -- Fiction
Police shootings -- Juvenile fiction
Racism -- Fiction
Racism -- Juvenile fiction
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' nominee book, 2022
Social problem fiction
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955 -- Fiction
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955 -- Juvenile fiction
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