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INFORMATION
Title: Ghost Boys
Isbn: 978-1510104396
Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes
Publisher: Orion Children's Books (19 April 2018)
Size: 13 x 1.8 x 18.7 cm
Pages; 224
Price: £5.21
INFORMATION
Title: Ghost Boys
Isbn: 978-1510104396
Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes
Publisher: Orion Children's Books (19 April 2018)
Size: 13 x 1.8 x 18.7 cm
Pages; 224
Price: £5.21
A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a white police officer, drawing connections with real-life history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes.
ALIVE
Twelve-year-old Jerome doesn't get into trouble. He goes to school. He does his homework. He takes care of his little sister.
Then Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat.
DEAD
As a ghost, watching his family trying to cope with his death, Jerome begins to notice other ghost boys.
Each boy has a story and they all have something in common...
Bit by bit, Jerome begins to understand what really happened - not just to him, but to all of the ghost boys.
A poignant and gripping story about how children and families face the complexities of race in today's world.